Unexpected deletion of directory

Posted by Anubhav Chaturvedi on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Anubhav Chaturvedi
Published on 2012-09-20T16:28:05Z Indexed on 2012/09/20 21:53 UTC
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I find that somehow the Downloads directory in /home/user/ is deleted. on using $locate Downloads, it shows the existence of directory without any existence of files within.

now when i manually create directory named Downloads, $ locate Downloads shows the directory as well as the files the original folder had.

also there is no hidden Downloads folder nor can i access the folder or its files

this behavior is quite unexpected .... please help.

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