/home/neil/mnt/redhat/neil is the folder I was trying to copy the evolution folder to, from my laptop to the server. So I was going from /home/neil/ I've looked on both the Server and the laptop for the folder, but can't seem to see it anywhere. The only thing that concerns me is that there was already an old backup of evolution on the Server in the /home/neil/mnt/redhat/neil folder. On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 00:47, Michael Knepher wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 14:49, Neil Loffhagen wrote: > > This is what I see when I look in the following folder, when it is > > unmounted: > > > > [neil@laptop neil]$ pwd > > /home/neil/mnt/redhat/neil > > Earlier you mentioned /mnt/neil as the directory you were moving files > to. Is /home/neil/mnt/redhat/neil a link to /mnt/neil (or vice versa)? > > > [neil@laptop neil]$ ls -la > > total 8 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 neil neil 4096 Dec 18 20:56 . > > drwxr-xr-x 3 neil neil 4096 Dec 18 20:56 .. > > > > But I can't seem to cd into either of the neil folders? Or am I > > misreading this? I see it as two different folders both called neil? > > Is this correct or am I missing something? If they are there this could > > be where the missing folders are? > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Neil. > > > > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 19:23, Ed Wilts wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 05:42:09PM +0000, Neil Loffhagen wrote: > > > > This must be one of the most stupid mistakes to b made... > > > > > > Nope - it's the fun that's caused by having /mnt/neil be valid if the > > > mount point is not really mounted. I've usually done the reverse - > > > tried to backup to /mnt/backups and discovered that my nfs server wasn't > > > mounted. This typically results in filling the root file system :-(. > > > > > > > I have a redhat 8 laptop and a redhat 8 server. The server has samba > > > > shares on. I had just rebooted the laptop and went to the mnt/neil > > > > folder and did a drag and drop of files on the local laptop to the > > > > share. But the share was not actually mounted. I should have realised > > > > this, as could see the share name, but no folders underneath. Once I'd > > > > done the drag and drop the various folders disappeared from the local > > > > drive? Guess this was doing a move rather than a copy? Of course the > > > > folders never actually appeared on the server. It all went too quickly > > > > as well. So now the folders seem to have all disappeared completely? > > > > They are not on the laptop or the server? Is there any where they could > > > > be? Looked in the trash. It's my whole Evolution setup, so I've lost > > > > all previous mail! And here I was trying to back everything up, so > > > > could trash the machine and build it from scratch. Now I seem to have > > > > lost all the files I was trying to make sure were safe :( > > > > > > The most likely thing that I see is that you moved the files to the > > > *directory* /mnt/neil, not the share. /mnt/neil is a directory and is > > > valid even if nothing is mounted. If you subsequently mounted the share > > > on /mnt/neil, then it looks like your files are gone even if they > > > aren't. umount /mnt/neil and then look in /mnt/neil again. Move the > > > files somewhere else, and the remount /mnt/neil and move the files to > > > where they should have gone. > > > > > > -- > > > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > > > mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org > > > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > > > > -- > Michael Knepher <limbo@bluethingy.com> > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
