Option to create missing mount point

Option to create missing mount point

[Phillip Susi]

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A debian bug has requested that mount create the mount point if it
does not exist yet.  My initial reaction was no, but one use case does
seem to be a good reason.  That would be if you want to set up a tmpfs
mount with several sub mounts in /etc/fstab.  You currently can't do
that since when the tmpfs is mounted, it is empty.  Is this something
that might be a good idea?

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Re: Option to create missing mount point

[Karel Zak]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 09:50:13AM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> A debian bug has requested that mount create the mount point if it
> does not exist yet.  My initial reaction was no, but one use case does
> seem to be a good reason.  That would be if you want to set up a tmpfs
> mount with several sub mounts in /etc/fstab.  You currently can't do
> that since when the tmpfs is mounted, it is empty.  Is this something
> that might be a good idea?

Yes, v2.23 release notes:

mount(8):
  - supports new userspace mount option x-mount.mkdir[=<mode>] to
    create mountpoints on demand

it's also in man page :)

    Karel

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