Jim et al - << Very likely it created a directory named usbdisk in /media, and sync'd the files there. If you plug something in with a label of 'usbdisk', it'll get mounted there, and hide the existence of the files underneath. >> So, the question for me is how does Linux know if there is a USB drive so the info is transferred there or to create a "local directory" and put the data in it? I would have expected an error message, "Hey, dummy. The drive is not connected". Todd Jim Perrin wrote: > On 5/24/07, Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote: >> Jim - >> >> Thank you! That is exactly what I needed. I had to make one change >> though since I use rsync to copy the data to the USB drive: I could not >> use vfat. Instead, I used ext3. With vfat, I got errors when it tried >> to do a chmod (expected). > > Right, fat filesystems have no real concept of permissions. > >> I do have another fs question though. A couple of weeks ago I noticed >> that the USB icon was not on my desktop when I turned the drive on. Not >> knowing any better, I ran my rsync with the following: >> >> /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ /media/usbdisk/ >> >> And it went ahead and did it's thing *but* the drive was >> inoperable...dead. Where did the data go? > > Very likely it created a directory named usbdisk in /media, and sync'd > the files there. If you plug something in with a label of 'usbdisk', > it'll get mounted there, and hide the existence of the files > underneath. Provides an interesting 'low-tech' way to hide files > occasionally. they're not WELL hidden, but hey... > >> I need a FS 101 course!! > Will a 104 course work? > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/l-dw-linux-lpic1104-i.html > You might want to look at the LPI study material. About 50% is junk > you'll never use and will mostly likely forget within 15 minutes, but > some is the obscure fact material that will help save your geek ass > one day :-P > -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523