when to use a ln or a mount

[zzapper]

Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net> wrote in news:45F5A072.4D263AA0
@dessent.net:

> zzapper wrote:
> 
>> 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 tested
>> 
>> ln -s //dell25/c/ /old
>> 
>> In the Cygwin context does one method have any advatanges over the over?
> 
Thanks the fog is starting to clear 
a ln (link) is basically from x to y

whereas a mount is anywhere to y

(although you can fudge a ln to look like a mount if you create it in a root 
directory)

BTW for those who've never used either

With the above mount I can transfer files from my old PC by

cp /o/downloads/*.zip c:/zips

-- 
zzapper
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