Re: Update the name of a filesystem (more details)

1999-10-20 Thread Neil Blakey-Milner
On Mon 1999-10-18 (15:46), Zhihui Zhang wrote: I am trying to change the mount point of a mounted filesystem (from /testme to /test) with the update option (-u): That's not how -u works. From the man page: -u The -u flag indicates that the status of an already mounted file

Update the name of a filesystem

1999-10-18 Thread Zhihui Zhang
Can anyone tell me the reason why we want to update the name of a filesystem with the mount(8) command? From the source code, the new name must be on the same vnode or device as the old name. Any help is appreciated. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubs

Update the name of a filesystem (more details)

1999-10-18 Thread Zhihui Zhang
I am trying to change the mount point of a mounted filesystem (from /testme to /test) with the update option (-u): # mount /dev/wd0s2e /testme # mount -u /dev/wd0s2e /test mount: /dev/wd0s2e on /test: specified device does not match mounted device Why it does not work (I know I can umount