El Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 05:07:52PM +0530 nidhi mittal hada ha dit: > I created a loop device > /dev/loop0 ------------>with the image file ---------->file.img > then > mkfs and > mount /dev/loop0 to /mnt > > cd /mnt > created files a.c , b.c > rm file.img ------- removed file.img > > cd /mnt > still i am able to see a.c b.c here > How are these files present here ? > they should have been deleted as underlying storage file is no where > present !! by deleting the file you only remove its meta-information stored in an inode of the file system, but you don't erase the data blocks the inode is pointing to. best regards -- Matthias Kaehlcke Embedded Linux Developer Barcelona Don't walk behind me, I may not lead Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow Just walk beside me and be my friend (Albert Camus) .''`. using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org : :' : `. `'` gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 47D8E5D4 `- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ