Folder became hidden suddenly

[sliberty]

I was updating some files in a folder on my NAS, and after the update was complete, I went to look at that folder in finder, and the folder was missing. I logged into the NAS, and found that the folder was still there, so it appeared that the folder had somehow become hidden. I was able to verify this using a utility that makes hidden files and folders visible. The folder showed up, greyed out. So, I searched for a solution, and found a Terminal commend that seems to have fixed it:

chflags nohidden <foldername>


So why did this happen? And was my solution appropriate?

 

[chscag]

The solution you used was fine. What caused the folder to become hidden is another matter especially if all you were doing was updating it. A dot (.) could have accidentally been placed in front of the folder name which would cause it to become hidden. Like this = .MyFolder

 

[sliberty]

Thanks. I'm glad that the solution was fine. I have no idea what would have caused this. I literally did a drag and drop from one folder to another in order to update the files in the target folder. But as long as it is working properly again, and I did no damage, I'll go about my business
Thanks...

 

[Slydude]

Was the NAS nearly full by any chance? I accidentally started a multi gigabyte operation once that would have filled the remainder of the space on then drive. Rather than warn me of this the software "ran home to mama" so to speak. The result was an entire drive of files that had to be recovered via some recovery software.

 

[sliberty]

No, the NAS has plenty of free space.