Oops. I forgot to ask... Will I be safe if I delete the apparent dupe "JBoD_1" (the original name), while the re-mounted "JBoD_1 1" seems to have all of the correct data on it? --russ
On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Jul 28, at 10:27 AM, R. D. Preston wrote: > >> Seems odd that the volume that contains the dupe items is not listed. >> Does something explain this? Thx. > > At the risk of getting too pedantic, I'll give a possible explanation. > > Unix adds every mounted volume to the file system at a mount point, > which is just an ordinary directory. When the volume is mounted, > the contents of the directory appear to be the the contents of the > volume that's mounted there. If the volume is not mounted, you see > the ordinary contents of that directory. > > Suppose you had a disk mounted at the directory /Volumes/ > mount_point and set up a program to write stuff there > automatically. Normally, the Mac takes care of creating and > deleting mount points as needed. If something bad happens to your > system (crash, power glitch, ...) the disk can be dismounted > without your Mac deleting the mount point. Since it's just a > directory, your program just keeps on writing stuff there because > the path is still valid in the file system and the contents it > writes will show up just like the contents of any other directory. > If the disk is remounted later, it might have a different mount > point, giving the appearance of a duplicate. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
