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Re: Request for Junctions be treated consistently
- From: Duncan Roe <duncan_roe at acslink dot net dot au>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:52:02 +1000
- Subject: Re: Request for Junctions be treated consistently
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On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 11:34:02AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >Look, directory reparse points are, by and large, symlinks to another,
> >real directory entry. The directory has a primary path, which is its
> >own path under which it has been created, and the reparse point is just
> >a pointer to this directory. If that's not a symlink, what is?
> ---
> What is a mount 'bind' on linux?
>
This extract from the Linux man page explains it:
The bind mounts.
Since Linux 2.4.0 it is possible to remount part of the file
hierarchy somewhere else. The call is
mount --bind olddir newdir
or shortoption
mount -B olddir newdir
or fstab entry is:
/olddir /newdir none bind
After this call the same contents is accessible in two places.
Cheers ... Duncan.
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