Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: strange vfat problem | Date | Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:37:01 +0000 | From | David Woodhouse <> |
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> I've observed a vfat problem; here's a session transcript: > /c is a vfat mount. > > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c# mkdir temp2 > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c# cd temp2 > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2# ls > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2# ls > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2# mkdir wow > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2# cd wow > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2/wow# mkdir blah > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2/wow# cd .. > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2# mv wow/blah . > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2# ls > blah wow > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2# cd blah/ > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2/blah# ls > ls: .: Not a directory > [1:02am] root@hamishpc:/c/temp2/blah# ls -l > ls: .: Not a directory > > when directories are moved, they become inaccessible. If I move it > back, it becomes accessible again. But only to the original directory. > Kernel 2.1.86. > > Can anyone verify this?
Yep. This has been happening for as long as I can remember. It's a dcache thing. If you move the directory, unmount and remount the filesystem, it'll be where you put it.
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