I would do it like this: ln -sf ? [dirname] Before Fedora began producing DVD iso images, we used this trick to mount the RPM directories from each of the four cdr iso images into a single directory for convenience sake. Joseph C. Lininger writes: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
