On 15/06/18 10:57, Andy Burns wrote:
> RobH wrote:
>
>> When I do ls on the root of pi:
>>
>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ls
>> Desktop    Downloads  Public    Templates
>> Documents  Music      Pictures  python_games  Videos
>> pi@raspberrypi:~ $
>>
>> the /mnt directory is not listed or showing
>
> That's because you are within your "home" folder
> /home/pi
>
>> and that is because ls only lists what is under /pi   while /mnt is
>> under /
>
> Why would you expect the ls command to list files that are not in the
> current folder, unless you specify an absolute path?
>
> you could
> cd /
> ls
>
> or you could
> ls /
>
>> Just out of interest, I have created a /mnt directory under /pi, and
>> also CCTV/PiZero, then changed permissions and ownership for all the
>> directories.
>
> Trying not to sound condescending, we all had to start somewhere, but I
> think for your various issues it would help you to brush up your general
> linux and bash knowledge, making it easier to help you ...

Ok I forgot about cd / and ls /, as it was a looong time ago when I last
used it.

Anyways it took a reboot of the PiZero to sort out the permissions on /mnt.

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