making a directory tree:

[Joseph C. Lininger]

That would indeed cause problems. My solution would result in links like
directory/1 directory/2 etc. that could then be followed to get to the
contents.

Equal causes can produce very unequal effects.
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm at pcdesk.net
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And so it came to pass that on Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Sina Bahram said

> Symbolic links could definitely work, but that's just one level away.
>
> As for having all the files from different directories in one
directory ...
> wouldn't this be impossible to do with any command?
>
> Think about it .. If I have the directories, 1 and 2, and inside 1 I
have a
> file called a.txt and inside 2 I have a file called a.txt .. That's
> perfectly fine, but if they merge ... *whistle*
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [
mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Joseph C. Lininger
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:00 AM
> To: sdawes at telus.net; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: making a directory tree:
>
> Hello,
> You can't use the mount --bind call to mount more than one directory
or file
> at a time. In other words, you can only specify a single source and a
single
> target. If you want to have all subdirectories available in a single
> directory, I suggest using the "ln" command to create symbolic links
to the
> directories you are attempting to access.
>
> Equal causes can produce very unequal effects.
> Joseph C. Lininger
> jbahm at pcdesk.net
> Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7
>
> And so it came to pass that on Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Steve Dawes said
>
>> Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how they would resolve the
>> following:
>>
>> I have four directories, let's call them 1 2 3 4.
>> Now what I would like to do is have the contents of these directories
>> available in a single directory tree, let's call it alldirs.
>>
>> I am quite familiar with mount --bind and its strengths, but I cannot
> figure
>> out how .
>> For example, mount --bind 1 alldirs, will expose the contents of 1 in
>> alldirs, as though the contents of 1 are actually now in alldirs.
>> However, I cannot figure how to do something similar that would allow
> me to
>> combine four directories into one directory tree.
>> I have tried:
>> mount --bind 1,2,3,4 alldirs
>> mount --bind 1 2 3 4 alldirs
>> mount --bind 1:2:3:4 alldirs
>> and none of these work.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Steve Dawes
>> Calgary Canada.
>>
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