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authorKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2010-12-06 11:17:10 +0100
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2010-12-06 11:17:10 +0100
commit4bfa39d5d5bd35ec4b42a374f2f72dd8d7d4dd94 (patch)
tree185928d319490444fac47ed7205c7a03d0ffe604
parent728d2faafdebbddfdae09d907d9ae3c5cf95cf2b (diff)
downloadutil-linux-old-4bfa39d5d5bd35ec4b42a374f2f72dd8d7d4dd94.tar.gz
mount: be more explicit about --move in mount.8
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--mount/mount.821
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8
index 19e22e51..0dd75aa0 100644
--- a/mount/mount.8
+++ b/mount/mount.8
@@ -337,17 +337,28 @@ or fstab entry is:
.RE
After this call the same contents is accessible in two places.
-One can also remount a single file (on a single file).
+One can also remount a single file (on a single file). It's also
+possible to use the bind mount to create a mountpoint from a regular
+directory, for example:
-This call attaches only (part of) a single filesystem, not possible
+.RS
+.br
+.B mount --bind
+.I foo foo
+.RE
+
+The bind mount call attaches only (part of) a single filesystem, not possible
submounts. The entire file hierarchy including submounts is attached
a second place using
+
.RS
.br
.B mount --rbind
.I olddir newdir
.RE
+
or shortoption
+
.RS
.br
.B mount -R
@@ -388,7 +399,8 @@ command (then mount(8) does not read /etc/mtab), then you have to use bind flag
.B The move operation.
.RS
-Since Linux 2.5.1 it is possible to atomically move a mounted tree
+Since Linux 2.5.1 it is possible to atomically move a
+.B mounted tree
to another place. The call is
.RS
.br
@@ -403,6 +415,9 @@ or shortoption
.RE
This will cause the contents which previously appeared under olddir to be
accessed under newdir. The physical location of the files is not changed.
+Note that the
+.I olddir
+has to be a mountpoint.
.RE
.B The shared subtrees operations.