mount and umount

[Asheville Joe]

Thanks.  I wasn't expecting that.  It's a now you see it now you don't, 
but nothing complains situation!  Now that I "see it", I find that I 
wrote one backup file to the wrong hard disk!

I may try the touch trick if the the df method (next post after yours) 
doesn't work out.

Joe

John Seth wrote:

>if you use 'mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/portable' and type 'umount /dev/hdb1'
>or 'umount /mnt/portable', the device will unmount regardless, as long
>as either the mount point, or device is specified.
>
>The directory will be writable either way, unless a device is mounted
>read-only, or the permissions on the directory prevent writing by that
>user/group.
>
>Try this: with the device unmounted, type: 'touch
>/mnt/portable/testfile'.  Mount the device to that directory. 
>'testfile' should now be missing since it is not on that device.
>
>  
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