Readynas - Showing Files as Folders

Question

Hi Guys&nbsp;I have a Readynas 104.&nbsp; Turned it on today to look at some of my legacy pictures.&nbsp; Atfer drilling down to the correct folder I found all the JPG files listed as folders rather than actual files.&nbsp;Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Sandshark · Answer

Looking at them with what?&nbsp; Windows Explorer, Mac Finder, the NAS HTTP GUI, ReadyCloud?&nbsp; Is this a recent change?&nbsp; How did the files get onto the NAS in the first place?

ADodd · Answer

Hi Guys&nbsp;Thanks for getting back to me.&nbsp;I was viewing in windows file explorer and seeing the files as folders.&nbsp;As it happens I also checked on my MacBook and it did the same through Finder.&nbsp;

Sandshark · Answer

So, I assume via SMB.&nbsp; And my other questions?&nbsp; I'm trying to figure out if they were ever right, or if this might be the fault of whatever put them there.&nbsp;Are you comfortable with SSH access to the NAS?&nbsp; It would be good to go there and see what it shows.&nbsp; But if you aren't, then at least looking at them with the NAS GUI could add information.

ADodd · Answer

Hi SandShark&nbsp;I'm happy to go there (SSH), my Unix/Linux days have long since gone but I am willing to give it a go.&nbsp;I remember being able to change the object attributes to change from a file to finder or to an exe but I can't remember the command line etc.&nbsp;The files were originally place from a windows desktop PC using ordinary "Windows File Explorer".&nbsp;Although in have a Mac I know the transfer was done on wildows.Anthony

rn_enthusiast · Answer

From SSH you could dive down into the same folder via:cd /data/yoursharename/path/to/filesOnce in the correct path, you can use ls -lh to see that is shows. If the file/folder start with a "d" then it is a directory and if it start with a "-" then it is a file. Like here on my NAS, for example:-rwxrwxrwx+ 1 root root 483K Oct  8  2017 Wallpaper.jpg  &lt;&lt;&lt;=== File
drwxrwxrwx+ 1 root root 1.5K Oct 24  2019 myfolder &lt;&lt;&lt;=== Folder&nbsp;

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