Re: please document alternate "bind" syntax in mount(8)

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On 2/17/2014 6:58 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> I see section "The bind mounts." in the man mount page where is 
> fstab example.

Oh my... even being told right where it was I had to read it three
times before I saw it.

>> Isn't it also time to update the SYNOPSIS in mount(8), now that
>> linux versions >=2.4.0 will be standard ?  I suggest adding two
>> lines like this: mount { --bind | -o bind } olddir newdir mount {
>> --rbind | -o rbind } olddir newdir or, possibly, just one line 
>> mount { --bind | --rbind | -o bind | -o rbind } olddir newdir
> 
> IMHO all is well described in the man page now.

It is... somewhere down in the mountain of text that is mount.8.  It
might be nice to have the usage shown in the synopsis though.


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