On Apr 5 04:13, Linda Walsh wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Apr 1 09:39, Linda Walsh wrote: > >>If I mount a device using mount vol in 2 different places, will they > >>have different device numbers the same? > > > >The same, just as on Linux. > --- > Why special case junctions created with 'linkd' to return > as symlinks but not 'mountvol' if they both suffer from the same > possibilities of circular mounting? I.e. creating circular loops > is no reason for linux to force the 'bind' command to look like > a 'symlink', but the same conditions exist. I > [...] > ----------------- > >Sorry, but I really don't understand your question here. > ---- > You said: > >If you create a directory junction to an existing dir and treat it as > >directory, the directory shows up twice under the same device number. > >Find or tar will enumerate (and archive) the dir twice. > --- > Under similar circumstances, it's not a problem on linux -- they > are the same device numbers but the above utilities don't loop > infinitely.
I didn't talked about loops. > I don't think your original concern is as big a problem as you > think, as is indicated by the above setup on linux. > > I.e. is there some other reason to not treat "linkd" mounts > the same as "mountvol" mounts -- in a manner equivalent to linux's > 'bind' mounts? > > I.e. I don't see that that linkd which creates a junction-mount > point, should be treated as a symlink. It would provide valuable > benefit in cygwin terms in being able to setup directories at > multiple place like 'bind' does on linux, and be resistant to being > overwritten like symlinks. Look, directory reparse points are, by and large, symlinks to another, real directory entry. The directory has a primary path, which is its own path under which it has been created, and the reparse point is just a pointer to this directory. If that's not a symlink, what is? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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