Re: something about rm

[Gary Dale <garydale@rogers.com>]

On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> On 17/05/2012 06:20 πμ, Gary Dale wrote:
> > On 16/05/12 08:50 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 02:48:56PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> > > > On 16/05/12 12:49 PM, lina wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Today I made some mistake,
> > > > >
> > > > > I mount the remote server my home directory into local laptop.
> > > > >
> > > > > when I tried to umount it, I justed type the rm -r remote_mount_dir
> > > > >
> > > > > after I realize it, seems some directoy under ~/home has removed,
> > > > >
> > > > > one is .ssh, obviously.
> > > > >
> > > > > others I couldn't tell, like:
> > > > >
> > > > > -bash-3.2$ firefox
> > > > > Error: no display specified
> > > > > -bash-3.2$ xterm
> > > > > xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
> > > > > xterm: DISPLAY is not set
> > > > >
> > > > > what's the sequence of rm-ing do? I mean, based on which order it
> > > > > removes file.
> > > > > are there some history records those romove process.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > What the F! are you doing using rm -r to umount it with rm -r?
> > > >
> > > > The correct sequence of actions if you want to mount point to be
> > > > deleted after you're done with it is:
> > > >
> > > > umount ~/<mount_point>
> > > > rmdir<mount_point>
> > > I was kind of thinking the same thing...rm to umount a remote dir?
> > > But, shouldn't it be
> > > fusermount -u<mount_point>
> > > ??
> > > This is what I use if mounting remote dirs with sshfs, anyway.
> > >
> > > Tony
> > Excellent point, if he was using sshfs. I found it hard to figure out
> > exactly what he was doing. :)
> >
> > I suspect that file recovery is his current priority.
> It's a "she". :-)
"It's"? Shouldn't that be "He's a she"?  ;)