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SubjectRe: strange vfat problem
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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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