On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 07:48:56PM BST, Gary Dale wrote: > What the F! are you doing using rm -r to umount it with rm -r? > > The correct sequence of actions if you want to mount point to be > deleted after you're done with it is: > > umount ~/<mount_point> > rmdir <mount_point> > > NEVER use rm -r unless you are sure you have files in a directory > that you want to remove. rmdir is safer for removing directories. > Since you shouldn't have files in a mount point (although nothing > stops you from doing so - you just can't see them when the folder is > used as a mount point), rmdir is always appropriate.
+1 yes, I know! ;^) One thing worth adding, put these in your alias file: alias mv='mv -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias rm='rm -i' I know it isn't much of a help now but it will save you future grief. Cheers, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120516193155.ga28...@linuxstuff.pl
