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Re: when to use a ln or a mount


zzapper wrote:
Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in
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zzapper wrote:
Hi,
In my confused mind ln and mount seem to achieve the same thing.
In my case I want to have an easy to type path(s) to my old pc

so I typed:-

mount -f -u -b "//dell25/c/" "/o"

but I also successfully tested

ln -s //dell25/c/ /old

In this case, what you are doing is effective to mounting a remote file system, so "mount" would be traditional (and also your only choice on most UNIX's, which don't understand UNC paths). However, as you've noticed, either one works on Cygwin. :-)


Do either test if connection valid?

Valid? No. "mount" checks that the destination exists. That's all.



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