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Subject:  Re: when to use a ln or a mount
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:33:37 +0000 (UTC)
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Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net> wrote in
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> zzapper wrote:
>> Hi,
>> In my confused mind ln and mount seem to achieve the same thing.
>> In my case I want to have an easy to type path(s) to my old pc
>> 
>> so I typed:-
>> 
>> mount -f -u -b "//dell25/c/" "/o"
>> 
>> but I also successfully tested
>> 
>> ln -s //dell25/c/ /old

> 
> In this case, what you are doing is effective to mounting a remote file 
> system, so "mount" would be traditional (and also your only choice on 
> most UNIX's, which don't understand UNC paths). However, as you've 
> noticed, either one works on Cygwin. :-)
> 

Do either test if connection valid?

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