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 :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Christopher Svanefalk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christopher.svanefalk@gmail.com">christopher.svanefalk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">You are all right, I had to reboot my system due to a crash, but after that I could see everything again. Thanks!<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><div><br><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM, David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bouncingcats@gmail.com" target="_blank">bouncingcats@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 5 June 2011 19:27, Christopher Svanefalk<br>
<div><<a href="mailto:christopher.svanefalk@gmail.com" target="_blank">christopher.svanefalk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div>> Hey guys,<br>
> alright, I have the following issue: I was experimenting with mounting SMB<br>
> shares on my machine lately, and mounted a remote share to a local folder<br>
> (no special commands passed, just a standard mount). What I did not know was<br>
> that mount seems to remove all files resident in the mount-folder prior to<br>
> the mount.<br>
> My question is: is there any way to get the files I had in the folder prior<br>
> to the mount back? Or will I have to use a recovery tool? If so, which one<br>
> would you recommend?<br>
<br>
</div></div>The usual behaviour of a mountpoint is that the previous contents if<br>
any become invisible during the mount, and become visible again when<br>
you unmount. I'm not sure about SMB though. Did you try umount yet?<br>
<div><div></div><div>--<br>
users mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org" target="_blank">users@lists.fedoraproject.org</a><br>
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:<br>
<a href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br>
Guidelines: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>