please document alternate "bind" syntax in mount(8)
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Forwarded from debian bug #409942:
At the moment, neither mount(8) nor fstab(5) tells us how to do bind mounts with fstab, or even that it's possible. We have to *guess* that doing this in fstab works:
/some/old/dir /some/new/mountpoint ??? bind ??? ???
and it's not clear what is or isn't permitted for ???.
Please consider amending mount(8) so the options listed under -o include something like this:
bind same as --bind (other mount options are silently ignored)
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rbind same as --rbind (other mount options are silently ignored)
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 newdirThanks for your work.
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Karel Zak
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Forwarded from debian bug #409942:At the moment, neither mount(8) nor fstab(5) tells us how to do bind mounts with fstab, or even that it's possible. We have to *guess* that doing this in fstab works:
/some/old/dir /some/new/mountpoint ??? bind ??? ???
and it's not clear what is or isn't permitted for ???.
I see section "The bind mounts." in the man mount page where is fstab example.
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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.
Karel
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Quoted 2 lines · Karel Zak
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.
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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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