Mounting issues

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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