Mount USB device on Tails, unmount device, add files on another system, mount device again, new files not displayed : Tails | Torhoo darknet markets
If I mount a USB device on Tails, explore a particular folder, then unmount that device, mount it on another system, add some files in that particular folder, then unmount it and mount it again on Tails, explore that particular folder again, the new files are not displayed. There is no "refresh" option or anything to that effect. So I have to open the terminal to copy each file I need to another location with a cp command (either that or reboot Tails which is even more inconvenient).
Is this to be expected, if so why? Or is this an egregious bug?
- the folder which was previously explored still contains 23 files, the file which was added is not displayed;
- the parent folder shows a count of 23 elements for that folder, and 0 element for the other folder, previously empty;
- but once I open that other folder, previously empty, and previously not explored on Tails, the file which was added on the other system is there;
- now if I go back to the parent folder it indicates 24 elements for the first folder, and 1 element for the second.
So Tails somehow seems to keep the layout of each explored folder in memory for a while, and a refresh is needed to display any element that was added on another system (but there is no option to do a refresh "in place"). And it would seem like it's only after a folder not explored previously is explored that the changes in the already explored folders are taken into account.
(Each time I used the secure ejection procedure on either system.)
Further tests:
- If, on another system, I delete the file added in the second folder, and add a different file, when the device is mounted back on Tails it shows a count of 1 element, and the correct file is displayed.
- If, on another system, I add another file to that folder, Tails still shows a count of 1 element, instead of 2, but when I open that folder it correctly displays the 2 files which are indeed present.
So I don't know what to make of this, it seems very random...
None of these files have a "hidden" attribute so I don't see how that could be relevant to the issue.