Re: bind mounting into a generated multi-level directory structure

[chris barry <Christopher.Barry@qlogic.com>]

On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 15:18 +0100, Stef Bon wrote:
> Chris Stromsoe wrote:
> > I have a set of directories that are created and removed programmatically, 
> > and are hashed three levels deep (/top/hash/hash/name).  The depth is 
> > constant, the hashes and names are not.  There are around 35k at any time. 
> > I would like to bind mount a common directory into each top-level 
> > (/top/hash/hash/name/data) on demand.
> >
> > Can I use autofs to do that without having to explicitly list all of the 
> > directory paths in auto.master?
> >   
> Why not use symlinks to this shared common directory, and mount that one?
> 
> Stef Bon

His goal is to create a chroot'd environment, and the symlink cannot
function there. man chroot to help you understand why.

-C