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# 8  
Old 08-26-2010
Quote:
/dev/disk2s3 466G 170G 295G 37% /Volumes/Files_Backup_1 1
The find with "-xdev" parameter should not have looked anywhere except the root filesystem and yet it found files such as:
Quote:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 593M 17 Aug 04:36 ///Volumes/Files_Backup_1/Backup_2010-08-17_043000/webmaster.tar.gz
Just to be sure, can you do the following "df".
Code:
df /Volumes/Files_Backup_1

If it comes back as the root filesystem we are getting warm.


Also, what is the output from this command:
Code:
mount

Last edited by methyl; 08-26-2010 at 08:56 AM..
# 9  
Old 08-26-2010
Here is the output
Code:
mail:~ timgolding$ df /Volumes/Files_Backup_1
Filesystem   512-blocks      Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s9  156286104 154447376 1326728    99%    /
mail:~ timgolding$ df
Filesystem              512-blocks      Used     Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s9             156286104 154447376   1326728    99%    /
devfs                          201       201         0   100%    /dev
fdesc                            2         2         0   100%    /dev
<volfs>                       1024      1024         0   100%    /.vol
automount -nsl [352]             0         0         0   100%    /Network
automount -fstab [355]           0         0         0   100%    /automount/Servers
automount -static [355]          0         0         0   100%    /automount/static
/dev/disk2s3             976510944 357044944 619466000    37%    /Volumes/Files_Backup_1 1
/dev/disk1s10            156023264 112507056  43516208    72%    /Volumes/Files
mail:~ timgolding$ mount
/dev/disk0s9 on / (local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (local)
fdesc on /dev (union)
<volfs> on /.vol
automount -nsl [352] on /Network (automounted)
automount -fstab [355] on /automount/Servers (automounted)
automount -static [355] on /automount/static (automounted)
/dev/disk2s3 on /Volumes/Files_Backup_1 1 (local, journaled)
/dev/disk1s10 on /Volumes/Files (local, journaled)
mail:~ timgolding$

/Volumes/File_Backup_1 is the external hard disk that the backups are saved onto. Shall i unmout it and check df
# 10  
Old 08-26-2010
I'm a bit mystified by "/Volumes/Files_Backup_1 1" . Unless I'm misunderstanding the output from your version of "mount" and "df" is this actually the name of the mountpoint rather than "/Volumes/Files_Backup_1" ?

Anybody with experience of this Linux know?
# 11  
Old 08-26-2010
Yes, it would seem to be at a weird location.
# 12  
Old 08-26-2010
Hi.

Looks like OS X to me, but it's been a while since I played around with it ... cheers, drl
# 13  
Old 08-26-2010
I unmouted the disk and restarted the Server to it would remount itself. Now it seems to be mounted on Files_Backup_1 1. It can't make its mind up whether should be Files_Backup_1 1 or Files_Backup_1

Code:
mail:~ timgolding$ df -h
Filesystem                Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s9               75G    74G   732M    99%    /
devfs                     100K   100K     0B   100%    /dev
fdesc                     1.0K   1.0K     0B   100%    /dev
<volfs>                   512K   512K     0B   100%    /.vol
automount -nsl [295]        0B     0B     0B   100%    /Network
automount -fstab [307]      0B     0B     0B   100%    /automount/Servers
automount -static [307]     0B     0B     0B   100%    /automount/static
/dev/disk2s3              466G   170G   295G    37%    /Volumes/Files_Backup_1 1
/dev/disk1s10              74G    54G    21G    72%    /Volumes/Files



---------- Post updated at 07:34 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:31 AM ----------

This is strange

Code:
mail:~ timgolding$ cd /Volumes
mail:/Volumes timgolding$ ls
Files                   Files_Backup_1 1
Files_Backup_1          Macintosh HD
mail:/Volumes timgolding$ cd Files_Backup_1
mail:/Volumes/Files_Backup_1 timgolding$ ls
Backup_2010-07-29_043000        Backup_2010-08-07_043000        Backup_2010-08-16_043000        Backup_2010-08-25_043000
Backup_2010-07-30_043000        Backup_2010-08-08_043000        Backup_2010-08-17_043000        Backup_2010-08-26_043000
Backup_2010-07-31_043000        Backup_2010-08-09_043000        Backup_2010-08-18_043000        Desktop DB
Backup_2010-08-01_043000        Backup_2010-08-10_043000        Backup_2010-08-19_043000        Desktop DF
Backup_2010-08-02_043000        Backup_2010-08-11_043000        Backup_2010-08-20_043000        Shared Items
Backup_2010-08-03_043000        Backup_2010-08-12_043000        Backup_2010-08-21_043000        bak
Backup_2010-08-04_043001        Backup_2010-08-13_043001        Backup_2010-08-22_043000        web
Backup_2010-08-05_043000        Backup_2010-08-14_043001        Backup_2010-08-23_043000
Backup_2010-08-06_043000        Backup_2010-08-15_043000        Backup_2010-08-24_043001
mail:/Volumes/Files_Backup_1 timgolding$ cd ../Files_Backup_1 1
mail:/Volumes/Files_Backup_1 timgolding$ ls
Backup_2010-07-29_043000        Backup_2010-08-07_043000        Backup_2010-08-16_043000        Backup_2010-08-25_043000
Backup_2010-07-30_043000        Backup_2010-08-08_043000        Backup_2010-08-17_043000        Backup_2010-08-26_043000
Backup_2010-07-31_043000        Backup_2010-08-09_043000        Backup_2010-08-18_043000        Desktop DB
Backup_2010-08-01_043000        Backup_2010-08-10_043000        Backup_2010-08-19_043000        Desktop DF
Backup_2010-08-02_043000        Backup_2010-08-11_043000        Backup_2010-08-20_043000        Shared Items
Backup_2010-08-03_043000        Backup_2010-08-12_043000        Backup_2010-08-21_043000        bak
Backup_2010-08-04_043001        Backup_2010-08-13_043001        Backup_2010-08-22_043000        web
Backup_2010-08-05_043000        Backup_2010-08-14_043001        Backup_2010-08-23_043000
Backup_2010-08-06_043000        Backup_2010-08-15_043000        Backup_2010-08-24_043001

# 14  
Old 08-26-2010
How about

Code:
cd "/Volumes/Files_Backup_1 1"
df .
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