Messages in this thread | | | From | Frans Pop <> | Subject | Re: Bind mount bug? | Date | Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:40:44 +0100 |
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On Sunday 11 November 2007, Roland Kuhn wrote: > This mounts the bindtest/ tree on test/ _without_ copying the mount > points which are found on subtrees.
Right. I guess this is the key point that tripped me up.
> So, you see, test/test/test/a was (as it should) physically created > in test/test, where it is shadowed by the bind mount as long as that > is not removed.
Which means that to continue the example from my follw-up mail:
> # ls bindtest/test > foo > # umount test > # ls test > foo # umount bindtest/test # ls bindtest/test baz
And there indeed is the missing file.
> Nothing vanishes into "thin air" ;-)
Yeah, I saw that syntax error after sending the mail "into space" would have been OK too, but not my combining the two :-)
Thanks for the explanation!
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