making a directory tree:

[Janina Sajka]

I would do it like this:

ln -sf ? [dirname]

Before Fedora began producing DVD iso images, we used this trick to
mount the RPM directories from each of the four cdr iso images into a
single directory for convenience sake.

Joseph C. Lininger writes:
> 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
> Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7
> 
> 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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