Phantom Volume/folder in /Volumes

I was writing a shell script that was behaving oddly. The source of the behavior was that there was a folder named "KH Backup" in the /Volumes directory. "KH Backup" is the name of the drive I use for Time Machine, but it was not plugged in. Inside the locked folder was "Backups.backupdb"
Anyone know why this would be created?

khassani wrote:
I haven't written/run shell scripts before. Since "Backups.backupdb" is in there, it would have to be TM, wouldn't it? I've had some issues with TM not finding my backup drive occasionally; I wonder if it's related to that.
Yes. Apparently in some cases of a drive being disconnected, or losing contact, some applications, including TM on rare occasions, will make a folder in /Volumes with the same name as the errant drive/partition. Then it will write to the folder, instead of the drive.

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