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Binding directories with mount

 
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> Binding directories with mount
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post 4 Jan, 2008 - 11:12 PM
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Ever want to have a directory (and the files within it) available in a couple places at once? One solution is to use symbolic links, but since there's already a tutorial on that I'm going to cover another way to do it. smile.gif

You could "bind" the directory to multiple mount points.

For example, if you have directory X full of cool files, which you also want available in directories Y and Z, you could do the following commands.

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su
mount --bind X Y
mount --bind X Z


If you use sudo, you would do.
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sudo mount --bind X Y
sudo mount --bind X Z


It's easy (and useful)!

To unmount the directories, simply do.
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su
umount Y
umount Z


Or if you use sudo.

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sudo umount Y
sudo umount Z
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