Here is a little script which might do the trick. #!/bin/bash #Create hard links for all files in directories 1, 2, 3, and 4, placing #those new links in a specified destination directory. #Include directory names in file names to keep files from overwriting each other. #IMPORTANT!!! This script assumes that the four directories to be read from #do not include subdirectories of their own. If they do, duplicate file #names _might_be produced. This is because the slashes in path names #are simply replaced with hyphens. #This simple script could use some optimizing for more general use, but #it should suffice for the specified task. #define the destination directory destinationdir=./alldirs #first, be sure that the '$destinationdir' directory exists mkdir $destinationdir > /dev/null 2> /dev/null #create the links for i in 1/* do ln $i $destinationdir/`echo $i | tr '/' '-'` done for i in 2/* do ln $i $destinationdir/`echo $i | tr '/' '-'` done for i in 3/* do ln $i $destinationdir/`echo $i | tr '/' '-'` done for i in 4/* do ln $i $destinationdir/`echo $i | tr '/' '-'` done HTH, and have a _great_ weekend! On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 12:02:30AM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Yes, I understand that ... And I am asking you ... How do you propose to > handle name collision conflicts? > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Steve Dawes > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:13 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: RE: making a directory tree: > > no, think about it. > You have a set of isos that you have mounted and now you want to make them > appear as a single volume. That is what I am trying to do. > > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Sina Bahram > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:35 AM > To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' > Subject: RE: making a directory tree: > > > 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. -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! SEC (x) / COSEC (x) = (TAN (x) / COTAN (x)) ^ 2
