That would indeed cause problems. My solution would result in links like directory/1 directory/2 etc. that could then be followed to get to the contents. Equal causes can produce very unequal effects. Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 And so it came to pass that on Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Sina Bahram said > Symbolic links could definitely work, but that's just one level away. > > As for having all the files from different directories in one directory ... > wouldn't this be impossible to do with any command? > > Think about it .. If I have the directories, 1 and 2, and inside 1 I have a > file called a.txt and inside 2 I have a file called a.txt .. That's > perfectly fine, but if they merge ... *whistle* > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [ mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Joseph C. Lininger > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:00 AM > To: sdawes at telus.net; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: making a directory tree: > > Hello, > You can't use the mount --bind call to mount more than one directory or file > at a time. In other words, you can only specify a single source and a single > target. If you want to have all subdirectories available in a single > directory, I suggest using the "ln" command to create symbolic links to the > directories you are attempting to access. > > Equal causes can produce very unequal effects. > Joseph C. Lininger > jbahm at pcdesk.net > Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 > > And so it came to pass that on Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Steve Dawes said > >> Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how they would resolve the >> following: >> >> I have four directories, let's call them 1 2 3 4. >> Now what I would like to do is have the contents of these directories >> available in a single directory tree, let's call it alldirs. >> >> I am quite familiar with mount --bind and its strengths, but I cannot > figure >> out how . >> For example, mount --bind 1 alldirs, will expose the contents of 1 in >> alldirs, as though the contents of 1 are actually now in alldirs. >> However, I cannot figure how to do something similar that would allow > me to >> combine four directories into one directory tree. >> I have tried: >> mount --bind 1,2,3,4 alldirs >> mount --bind 1 2 3 4 alldirs >> mount --bind 1:2:3:4 alldirs >> and none of these work. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Steve >> >> Steve Dawes >> Calgary Canada. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
