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when to use a ln or a mount
- From: zzapper <david at tvis dot co dot uk>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:32:06 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: when to use a ln or a mount
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 tested
ln -s //dell25/c/ /old
In the Cygwin context does one method have any advatanges over the over?
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