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Create file on unmounted folder

What happen if we try to create a file on a unmounted folder? Does the file is created on local system?

I have a mounted folder that could sometimes unmount for reasons

I'm going to schedule a oracle procedure that writes a file inside there, what will happen if somehow the folder is unmounted

Solution

  • Does the file is created on local system?

    Yes. Or, better, the file is created into that directory (don't call folder unix directories... :)), wherever that directory is (it could be part of a mounted remote file system, in that case it was not part of the local system).

    Writing permissions on the directory play a role, and the mount command can also play with those permissions, but this is another, complicated matter.