On 05/06/11 10:27, Christopher Svanefalk 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? > > Thanks in advance! > > Chris > Chris, I thing you'll find that when you mount a directory to another location, you don't actually lose what was originally there, but effectively hide it. Hence it is best to mount to an empty directory. HTH cpp4ever -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
