Mounting directory problems
Eric Blake
ericblake@comcast.net
Wed Sep 21 19:30:00 GMT 2005
> > mount //srv2/test /srv2_test
> >
> > You really should create '/srv2_test' first.
>
> Why? What difference does it make?
A directory must exist prior to the mount point if you want
readdir() to see it (used by ls, find, ...). Yes, you can use
mount -f to circumvent the requirement that the directory
already exist, but then you can no longer search the parent
directory for the mount point.
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Eric Blake
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