On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 14:21, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: [files under mount points] > mount --bind might also be handy here. I did a test on my machine: > # mount --bind / /mnt/tmp > > and /var on the root file system is visible in /mnt/tmp/var (!) > > This might be a bug (but a nice feature nevertheless). Beware though: I > have not tried modifying any files. Is safe. The kernel knows that it's the same filesystem. > > PS: I just noticed that this will create loops in the directory > structure; something is bound to get confused by that... Many tools traversing filesystems have a 'don't cross filesystem boundaries' that comes in handy in these cases. cheers -- vbi -- secure email with gpg http://fortytwo.ch/gpg NOTICE: subkey signature! request key 92082481 from keyserver.kjsl.com
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