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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Paul   
   Re: Best Backup tool for Home Directory   
   18 Nov 25 04:48:48   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:39:09 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > "Root" can be evidence of a mount point, where the item is not mounted,   
   > and the mount point is showing through.   
   > with any luck, you can't write to the raw mount point and deceive   
   > yourself as to where the files are actually going :-)   
      
   That’s actually a good setting for the mount point directory. It means   
   that, if the volume is not mounted, you get errors trying to put anything   
   there, instead of putting the files on the wrong volume and have them   
   disappear when the right one is restored.   
      
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