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home folder moved - need help asap

Hi,

I was attempting to remedy a problem with CS6 and Java by following a set of instructions from this website:

https://oliverdowling.com.au/2015/10/09/oracles-jdk-8-on-mac-os-x-el-capitan/

However, when I entered in the terminal commands as instructed, I came across a major problem, which was that my home folder has been moved and I have no idea how to get it back to where it was! Any help would be much appreciated, all my files have disappeared and my desktop folder is now gone. If it helps, the following code is what I used in Terminal:

cd `ls -1d /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.*.jdk | sort -rn -t _ -k 1.42 -k 2 | head -1`

sudo defaults write "`pwd`/Contents/Info.plist" JavaVM -dict-add 'JVMCapabilities' '<array><string>JNI</string><string>BundledApp</string><string>CommandLine</str ing></array>'

sudo chmod 0664 Contents/Info.plist

sudo plutil -convert xml1 Contents/Info.plist

sudo mkdir -p Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries

cd Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries

sudo ln -s ../../jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib libserver.dylib

echo "export JAVA_HOME=\`/usr/libexec/java_home\`" >> ~/.bash_profile

chmod u+x ~/.bash_profile

This shows me how serious messing with Terminal can be.

Hope you can help.

Best,

Abram

Posted on Nov 12, 2017 1:55 PM

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PN2

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Posted on Nov 12, 2017 4:10 PM

Have you a suitable backup to restore from ?.

Is the command list above copied from the website, or from your Terminal history ?

If the former, enter this Terminal command : history 30

change 30 to a larger number if the output doesn't go back far enough. Copy the results.

echo $HOME should show where the computer thinks your home folder is now

ls -elO /Users should show a list including available home folders in the usual place.

If, understandably, you are reluctant to use Terminal; or if $HOME gives a clue about the likely location of your (intact, hopefully) old Home folder, it can be viewed/changed in System Preferences - Users & Groups - click the lock to make changes (enter an admin name/passwd)- select your user name, then ctrl-click it & choose Advanced Options… but don't rush right into altering it.

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