• caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Probably so that you don’t accidentally write to a directory by mistake when it isn’t mounted, and then lose access when you mount something over it, all while services are looking for files that are only there sometimes.

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        3 months ago

        I’ve had exactly this happen to me. It was my own fault but it took a bit of work figure out.