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Asked: 2011-10-28 01:21:33 +0800 CST

Directory disappear after "mv"

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This is my hell:

1º HD 140Gb SATA have a linux sistem 2º HD 140Gb SATA have a extended partition mounted in fstab:

/dev/sdb1       /media/backup   ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1

The first HD have only 1,2Mb Free and need to move from HD to HD2 data.. ok y execute has root this:

mv /var/www/WORKS /media/backup

This comand execute INSTANT (/var/www/WORKS have aprox 80Gb of data), and /var/www/WORKS DISAPPEAR, but in /media/backup not have nothing...

The case is in /dev/sda1 continue only free 1,2Mb... but directory /var/www/WORKS dosent exists.

linux ubuntu lost

2 Answers

  1. Most likely, /var/www/WORKS was a symlink and all the files in it are still exactly where they were originally. You just moved the link, so you can no longer use the path /var/www/WORKS to reach them.

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  2. It could be that your /dev/sdb1 wasn't mounted so all you did was move the /var/www/WORKS directory to /media/backup. Check that /media/backup/WORKS exists and if it does move it back again.

    mv /meda/backup/WORKS /var/www

    Then try mounting /dev/sdb1

    mount /dev/sdb1

    If you get an error message mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted ... then your problem probably lies elsewhere.

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