in other words: it would appear that the files never dissapeared, and that an unmount reverted the visibility of the folder to what was there before. Quite a relief! Thanks again :)
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are all right, I had to reboot my system due to a crash, but after that > I could see everything again. Thanks! > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 5 June 2011 19:27, Christopher Svanefalk >> <christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hey guys, >> > alright, I have the following issue: I was experimenting with mounting >> SMB >> > shares on my machine lately, and mounted a remote share to a local >> folder >> > (no special commands passed, just a standard mount). What I did not know >> was >> > that mount seems to remove all files resident in the mount-folder prior >> to >> > the mount. >> > My question is: is there any way to get the files I had in the folder >> prior >> > to the mount back? Or will I have to use a recovery tool? If so, which >> one >> > would you recommend? >> >> The usual behaviour of a mountpoint is that the previous contents if >> any become invisible during the mount, and become visible again when >> you unmount. I'm not sure about SMB though. Did you try umount yet? >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> > >
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