Option to create missing mount point
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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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Karel Zak
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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?
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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