hello if i run ls -l/var/crash/*firefox* it says there is no such file or directory if I run (but I guess is not what you are asking for) silvio@silvio-desktop:~$ ls -l\var total 278308 -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 2181 2010-02-15 23:17 hs_err_pid3394.log -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 346982 2009-09-29 21:17 exposé.odt -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 9972 2009-05-21 14:25 eftduj.odg -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 1967740 2009-09-29 21:09 dsc08356.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 17989 2009-09-21 12:18 devoir.odt -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 17909 2009-06-01 21:40 classe du mercredi.odt -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 281767936 2009-11-29 17:18 brasero.iso drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 13:26 Videos drwxrwxr-x 8 silvio silvio 4096 2009-05-01 19:11 VaudTax2008 drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 13:26 Templates drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 13:26 Public drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-24 13:43 Pictures drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-09-29 21:08 Photos drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-10-09 23:13 Music lrwxrwxrwx 1 silvio silvio 26 2009-04-28 11:17 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-11-15 21:10 Downloads drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-01 23:17 Documents drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-23 08:46 Desktop -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 3332 2010-07-12 21:57 .xsession-errors.old -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 3908 2010-07-12 22:25 .xsession-errors -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 573 2010-03-07 13:36 .xscreensaver-getimage.cache drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-11 18:29 .xine drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-24 13:55 .wine -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 4 2009-10-09 22:56 .windows-label drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-19 22:21 .wapi drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-06-13 04:34 .update-notifier drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 11:27 .update-manager-core drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-03-12 15:59 .tsclient drwx------ 5 silvio silvio 4096 2009-05-21 12:33 .thumbnails drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 14:43 .themes -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 0 2009-04-28 11:29 .sudo_as_admin_successful drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4096 2009-07-23 09:24 .sudoku drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-05-01 18:58 .ssh -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 2934 2009-11-07 21:59 .solfegerc drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-11-07 21:55 .solfege drwxrwx--- 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-06-25 19:17 .sane -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 40436 2010-04-03 18:50 .recently-used.xbel.O26UAV -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 0 2010-04-03 18:50 .recently-used.xbel.M93IAV -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 11514 2010-07-12 05:38 .recently-used.xbel -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 21006 2010-06-20 18:03 .recently-used -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 256 2009-04-28 13:26 .pulse-cookie drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-12 22:02 .pulse -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 675 2009-04-28 11:17 .profile -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 37 2009-08-17 16:39 .printer-groups.xml drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-24 13:42 .picasa -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 39278 2010-03-03 16:19 .pdf drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 14:55 .openoffice.org drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 11:26 .nautilus drwx------ 5 silvio silvio 4096 2009-05-01 10:05 .mozilla drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-11-15 13:54 .mission-control drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-11-01 07:51 .macromedia drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 12:31 .local drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2010-03-26 20:31 .kde drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 14:43 .icons dr-x------ 2 silvio silvio 0 2010-07-12 22:02 .gvfs -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 237 2009-10-10 22:58 .gtk-custom-papers -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 158 2010-06-24 08:55 .gtk-bookmarks.EOFWEV -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 158 2010-07-12 22:02 .gtk-bookmarks drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-01 21:11 .gstreamer-0.10 -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 4 2009-10-20 22:00 .gpilotd.pid drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-10-20 22:00 .gpilotd drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-24 14:25 .google drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-22 21:30 .gnupg drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 11:26 .gnome2_private drwx------ 14 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-12 05:38 .gnome2 -rw-r----- 1 silvio silvio 0 2010-06-24 14:12 .gksu.lock drwxr-xr-x 22 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-02 17:31 .gimp-2.6 drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-05-02 14:31 .ggz drwx------ 4 silvio silvio 4096 2009-05-24 20:33 .gegl-0.0 drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-12 22:25 .gconfd drwx------ 5 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-12 22:02 .gconf drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-02 17:30 .fontconfig drwxr-xr-x 8 silvio silvio 4096 2010-05-05 23:52 .evolution -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 16 2009-04-28 13:26 .esd_auth -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 61 2010-07-12 22:02 .dmrc drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-04-28 13:26 .dbus drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4096 2009-10-10 23:02 .cups drwxr-xr-x 16 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-11 11:06 .config -rwxrwxrwx 1 silvio silvio 2170 2009-05-01 10:05 .com.zerog.registry.xml drwxr-xr-x 5 silvio silvio 4096 2010-06-24 12:04 .clamtk drwxr-xr-x 10 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-12 22:02 .cache -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 220 2009-04-28 11:17 .bash_logout -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 3635 2010-07-12 21:54 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 3115 2009-04-28 11:17 .bashrc drwxr-xr-x 10 silvio silvio 4096 2010-02-19 21:02 .azureus drwxr-xr-x 5 silvio silvio 4096 2010-03-03 23:51 .avast drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-11-01 07:51 .adobe drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4096 2009-11-12 23:12 .Skype -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 124226 2010-07-12 22:02 .ICEauthority drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2010-05-10 00:01 .. drwxr-xr-x 57 silvio silvio 4096 2010-07-12 22:02 . silvio@silvio-desktop:~$ silvio@silvio-desktop:~$ ls -l\var\crash total 272M 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 2.2K 2010-02-15 23:17 hs_err_pid3394.log 344K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 339K 2009-09-29 21:17 exposé.odt 12K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 9.8K 2009-05-21 14:25 eftduj.odg 1.9M -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 1.9M 2009-09-29 21:09 dsc08356.jpg 20K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 18K 2009-09-21 12:18 devoir.odt 20K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 18K 2009-06-01 21:40 classe du mercredi.odt 269M -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 269M 2009-11-29 17:18 brasero.iso 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 13:26 Videos 4.0K drwxrwxr-x 8 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-05-01 19:11 VaudTax2008 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 13:26 Templates 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 13:26 Public 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-24 13:43 Pictures 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-09-29 21:08 Photos 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-10-09 23:13 Music 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 silvio silvio 26 2009-04-28 11:17 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-11-15 21:10 Downloads 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-01 23:17 Documents 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-23 08:46 Desktop 4.0K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 3.3K 2010-07-12 22:02 .xsession-errors.old 8.0K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 4.5K 2010-07-12 22:28 .xsession-errors 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 573 2010-03-07 13:36 .xscreensaver-getimage.cache 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-11 18:29 .xine 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-24 13:55 .wine 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 4 2009-10-09 22:56 .windows-label 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-19 22:21 .wapi 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-06-13 04:34 .update-notifier 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 11:27 .update-manager-core 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-03-12 15:59 .tsclient 4.0K drwx------ 5 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-05-21 12:33 .thumbnails 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 14:43 .themes 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 0 2009-04-28 11:29 .sudo_as_admin_successful 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-07-23 09:24 .sudoku 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-05-01 18:58 .ssh 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 2.9K 2009-11-07 21:59 .solfegerc 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-11-07 21:55 .solfege 4.0K drwxrwx--- 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-06-25 19:17 .sane 40K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 40K 2010-04-03 18:50 .recently-used.xbel.O26UAV 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 0 2010-04-03 18:50 .recently-used.xbel.M93IAV 12K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 12K 2010-07-12 05:38 .recently-used.xbel 24K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 21K 2010-06-20 18:03 .recently-used 4.0K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 256 2009-04-28 13:26 .pulse-cookie 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-12 22:02 .pulse 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 675 2009-04-28 11:17 .profile 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 37 2009-08-17 16:39 .printer-groups.xml 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 4 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-24 13:42 .picasa 40K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 39K 2010-03-03 16:19 .pdf 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 14:55 .openoffice.org 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 11:26 .nautilus 4.0K drwx------ 5 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-05-01 10:05 .mozilla 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-11-15 13:54 .mission-control 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-11-01 07:51 .macromedia 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 12:31 .local 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-03-26 20:31 .kde 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 14:43 .icons 0 dr-x------ 2 silvio silvio 0 2010-07-12 22:02 .gvfs 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 237 2009-10-10 22:58 .gtk-custom-papers 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 158 2010-06-24 08:55 .gtk-bookmarks.EOFWEV 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 158 2010-07-12 22:02 .gtk-bookmarks 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-01 21:11 .gstreamer-0.10 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 4 2009-10-20 22:00 .gpilotd.pid 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-10-20 22:00 .gpilotd 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-24 14:25 .google 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-22 21:30 .gnupg 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 11:26 .gnome2_private 4.0K drwx------ 14 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-12 05:38 .gnome2 0 -rw-r----- 1 silvio silvio 0 2010-06-24 14:12 .gksu.lock 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 22 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-02 17:31 .gimp-2.6 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-05-02 14:31 .ggz 4.0K drwx------ 4 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-05-24 20:33 .gegl-0.0 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-12 22:25 .gconfd 4.0K drwx------ 5 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-12 22:02 .gconf 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-02 17:30 .fontconfig 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 8 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-05-05 23:52 .evolution 4.0K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 16 2009-04-28 13:26 .esd_auth 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 61 2010-07-12 22:02 .dmrc 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-04-28 13:26 .dbus 4.0K drwx------ 2 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-10-10 23:02 .cups 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 16 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-11 11:06 .config 4.0K -rwxrwxrwx 1 silvio silvio 2.2K 2009-05-01 10:05 .com.zerog.registry.xml 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 5 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-06-24 12:04 .clamtk 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 10 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-12 22:02 .cache 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 220 2009-04-28 11:17 .bash_logout 4.0K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 3.6K 2010-07-12 21:54 .bash_history 4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 silvio silvio 3.1K 2009-04-28 11:17 .bashrc 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 10 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-02-19 21:02 .azureus 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 5 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-03-03 23:51 .avast 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-11-01 07:51 .adobe 4.0K drwx------ 3 silvio silvio 4.0K 2009-11-12 23:12 .Skype 128K -rw------- 1 silvio silvio 122K 2010-07-12 22:02 .ICEauthority 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K 2010-05-10 00:01 .. 4.0K drwxr-xr-x 57 silvio silvio 4.0K 2010-07-12 22:02 . thanks for you help Debora Bertaggia Calderara, PhD Rt. 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