I've been trying to figure out a way to keep dirs on my cache disk only and not be copied or moved onto the array (/mnt/user). As soon as I `mkdir /mnt/cache/.appdata` this is also created as /mnt/user/.appdata. This was the same for unhidden dirs when I tried `mkdir /mnt/cache/APPDIR` and it again immediately showed up in /mnt/user/APPDIR. I thought this behavior was odd, so I pulled out all my hair and restarted my server but I'm still having this issue. Similarly, when I use the WebGUI and create a new share 'ABCD' with default settings other than Use cache disk: Only, this again shows up as quick as I can cd into it: /mnt/user/ABCD.

 

What besides the mover could be doing this? I recently upgraded to unraid 6. All disks are still reiserfs. The 'Disk Shares' is a new concept to me and remains empty, but I have several 'User Shares.' The mover schedule is set to just once a day which wouldn't explain this near-instant copying behavior.

cat /boot/config/plugins/dynamix/mover.cron
# Generated mover schedule:
40 2 * * * /usr/local/sbin/mover |& logger

 

If this belongs in my other post, feel free to move mods: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=52163.msg502956#msg502956

All root folders on any disk are considered shares.  All cache only shares exist within user.  AFAIK this was the same as under v5

 

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If you set the share as 'Cache Only' then the files will only be on the cache disk and not moved to the array by mover.    It will still appear under /mnt/user as this is a combined view of the shares on the array and the cache - is this an issue?  You should find it is not present under /mnt/user0 as this only includes shares on the array disks.

As already stated, this is normal behavior. What are you trying to accomplish? If you don't want "dot" folders appearing on the network check your SMB settings. Hiding "dot" folders is optional. It is also possible to not export specific shares or to export them hidden. See the settings for the specific share.

If you set the share as 'Cache Only' then the files will only be on the cache disk and not moved to the array by mover.    It will still appear under /mnt/user as this is a combined view of the shares on the array and the cache - is this an issue?  You should find it is not present under /mnt/user0 as this only includes shares on the array disks.

 

This was the issue -- my misunderstanding of the /mnt/user path. Thank you so much! It's clear now I should have been looking into the /mnt/user0 path if my 'cache only' share showed up and it didn't.

 

To summarize:

/mnt/cache = cache only shares (optionally will transfer onto array shares)

/mnt/user0 = array shares only

/mnt/user  = array shares + cache only shares