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! Cheers, FJP - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
