On Apr 1 09:39, Linda Walsh wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Mar 29 05:53, Linda Walsh wrote: > >>Linda Walsh wrote: > >>>If you use the 'mountvol' you a *local* root folder > >>>mounted at some drive letter that can be maintained over > >>>boots. is listed as a JUNCTION and treated by cygwin > >>>as a regular dir. > >>> > >>>For some reason the other type of directory hookup made > >>>by "linkd" which also created a JUNKTION > >>>vs. (mklink creating a SYMLINK or SYMLINKD) is shown > >>>as a soft-pointer . > >>---- hit send instead of save...Sigh... > >> > >>What I would like to see is restoring the native > >>directory look to 'linkd' so that it could be use as > >>a weaker sybling of linux's 'bind' command. Since there is no way to > >>namespaces or have symlinks > >>honored with out this, I would really be beneficial to not have > >>those lumped in with SYMLINKs, as they are really JUNCTIONS. > >> > >>So could it be seen by cygwin as a dir and not a symlink. > >> > >>Ideal cygwin would be able to tell there was a 'mount' there, but > >>symlinks are just walked all over these days.. > > > >If you create a directory junction to an existing dir and treat it as > >directory, the directory shows up twice under the same device number. > >Find or tar will enumerate (and archive) the dir twice. > > > >A mount junction is typically used to mount devices. The mount point > >will be visible because the device number changes at the mount dir. > ---- > If I mount a device using mount vol in 2 different places, will they > have different device numbers the same?
The same, just as on Linux. > I.e. fallback position is to use a small partition for common elements > and mount it multiple times in the hierarchy. > > Seems like mounting the same vol on a subdir of itself would cause > a look if the device number doesn't change -- but not sure why the > device number would change.??? Sorry, but I really don't understand your question here. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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