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Re: Request for Junctions be treated consistently


On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 09:52:02AM +1000, Duncan Roe wrote:
>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.

Or even:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+bind+mount

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