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On 4/1/2024 11:32 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
>> The directory *contains* a mountpoint?  Or, *is* a mountpoint?
>> I.e., in the former case, only the mountpoint references an exported
>> filesystem.  In the latter, everything in the directory is external.
> 
> It's not NFS. The problem manifests itself in both openafs and sshfs.
> It's the GUI file dialogs that ask for far more information than they
> really need. It's vexing, because those same dialogs also tend to hide
> information that I *do* need. (Where did it put my files??)

Perhaps they are collecting data to show you the "size" of the hierarchy
below a particular subdirectory -- and just not displaying it (due to some
option you have disabled).  (I think MacOS had a feature like that... made
directory listings slow as it drilled down to all terminal leafs from the
current folder -- especially in the days of slower media).

> As I said, I avoid directories with active mount points in them when
> using GUI programs. It's still annoying, because it forces me to put
> mount points in subdirectories, which I would not have needed to do if
> these dialogs had been better designed.

I would have a problem with that as almost all of my mount points
are at the root of the filesystem -- or, perhaps, *one* level
below (e.g., I may have a shelf with 15 spindles and create
15 mount points under /shelf1).  Otherwise, there are mounts
at /cdrom, /thumb, /0, /1, /2, etc.