X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45F5A2E6.2050608@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:58:46 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: when to use a ln or a mount References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com zzapper wrote: > Matthew Woehlke wrote in > news:et3sqe$vdc$1 AT sea DOT gmane DOT org: > >> 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? Valid? No. "mount" checks that the destination exists. That's all. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/