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Re: when to use a ln or a mount
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?
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