Failure searching forfile known to exist
Environment: Jessie with Mate DE
Background: Doing an atypical install of SeaMonkey using the
generic Linux version.
I could not remember where "profiles.ini" was stored. As my
reference information was on another system, it appeared easier
to use the search function of the file manager.
I chose "file system" as starting point and entered
"profiles.ini" in the search bar.
No success whether logged in as a normal user or as root.
The file DOES exist.
the complete path is
/home/richard/.mozilla/seamonkey/profiles.ini
A little experimentation demonstrated that the apparent trigger
was that the target file was in a "hidden" folder.
As the file manager preferences were set to display hidden files
and folders, I expected search to actually SEARCH!
Is this a bug or a "feature"?
Is there a work-around?
TIA
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