From: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: please document alternate "bind" syntax in mount(8)
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:45:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5302209E.4000102@ubuntu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140217115829.GD2254@x2.net.home>
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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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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-07 16:52 please document alternate "bind" syntax in mount(8) Phillip Susi
2014-02-17 11:58 ` Karel Zak
2014-02-17 14:45 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
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