Can I "mount <some_directory> <another_directory>"?

manishsingh4u · 05-16-2006, 02:23 PM

Hello Friends,
I have directory named /media/hda7/Songs which I wish to mount to my /var/www/songs directory. I know how to mount a filesystem to a directory with

Code:

mount /dev/hda7 -t ext2 /media/hda7

But, now I wish to mount only a directory instead of a device. Is it possible?

labratmatt · 05-16-2006, 02:27 PM

Wouldn't a sym link do the same thing?

haertig · 05-16-2006, 02:38 PM

For simple things, a symlink - like labratmatt said. For more complex things, like overlaying multiple directories into a single mountpoint, ... unionfs

kencaz · 05-16-2006, 02:41 PM

You could mount /media/hda7 in multiple locations but you can't mount the directory. But like was said above a symlink will do the same thing.

ln -s /media/hda7 /var/www/songs_directory

KC

manishsingh4u · 05-16-2006, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by labratmatt

Wouldn't a sym link do the same thing?

Quote:

Originally Posted by haertig

For simple things, a symlink

Quote:

Originally Posted by kencaz

ln -s /media/hda7 /var/www/songs_directory

Thanks a lot friends.

Code:

ln -s /media/hda7/Songs /var/www/songs

The symlink did work fine. Thanks again.