umount /mnt/LS120 mv /mnt/LS120/mydocs /home/cedric mount /mnt/LS120 mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120
when you mount a drive it will hide what ever was in that directory until you unmount it. Steve. cedric wrote: > > I did: > mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 > so I could backup /home/cedric/mydocs to a LS120 Super > Drive that has worked fine for months. > > I had not mounted the LS120 yet so I did: > mount /mnt/LS120 > which worked fine. > > Then I did; > mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 > and got a message telling me /home/cedric/mydocs did not > exist. > > Now, I can not find /home/cedric/mydocs. > I write fiction and /home/cedric/mydocs is where all my > work is. Yes, I have everything except a few hours work > from last night backed up on floppies, so the world will > not end. I would very much like to get to last nights > work, however. I know the files were not copied because > the LS120 never came on. > > The reason I did mv is because I am heading to the post > office later to get Debian and reformat my hard drive to > get rid of RH. > > Any ideas on how to get out of this mess. > I'm on hold hoping and praying to recover last nights work.
