My Src folder is suddenly empty

[Masterjain]

Was doing Linux for robotics course and logged of the computer a while and I come back and see that the src folder is empty, is there any way to recover the files??

[owais_tahir]

check you Trash folder, if not there, i dont think you can, atleast easily. If repository is on git you can clone it again or update.

[Here2LearnMoreEachDay]

Assume you have already confirmed, but ask just incase. Is there any chance you are in a different src directory than expected? Does “pwd” give the expected path?

[Here2LearnMoreEachDay]

For example, is there an chance the empty folder is:

~/catkin_ws/src/<my_awesome_package>/scr/

but the expected folder is:

~/catkin_ws/src/
or
~/catkin_ws/src/<my_other_awesome_package>/scr/
… and still contains the desired content?

[Masterjain]

can you guide me how to access the trash folder, I cant seem to find it

[Masterjain]

Nope this is what I have, src is completely empty all of a sudden

[bayodesegun]

You could have inadvertently executed a command that deleted them. Files don’t disappear suddenly here.

Let me see if we have a version of your workspace that has those files.

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Update: I have restored a previous version of your workspace that appears to have those files. Please check if they are there and let us know.

[Masterjain]

Thank you so much