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Re: Request for Junctions be treated consistently


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.

Cheers ... Duncan.

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