Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:09:22 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Sony Memory stick format funnies... |
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Rogier Wolff wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Followup to: <200104282236.AAA06021@cave.bitwizard.nl> > > By author: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff) > > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > > > # l /mnt/d1 > > > total 16 > > > drwxr-xr-x 512 root root 16384 Mar 24 17:26 dcim/ > > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 May 23 2000 memstick.ind* > > > # > > > > > > Where the *(&#$%& does that "dcim" directory come from???? > > > > > > > "dcim" probably stands for "digital camera images". At least Canon > > digital cameras always put their data in a directory named dcim. > > Yes. I know. Seems to be standard. The stick is for my Sony camera. > > However, the question is: how in **** is the Linux kernel seeing that > directory while it's not on the stick? (the root directory has one > MEMSTICK.IND file, and nothing else!) >
I doubt the kernel is seeing it without it being there (it doesn't have much imagination.) However, it may very well be there in a funny manner. You do realize, of course, that it's pretty much impossible for us to help you answer that question without a complete dump of the filesystem on hand, I hope?
-hpa
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