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authormaximilian attems2008-07-25 09:29:25 +0200
committerKarel Zak2008-07-29 13:20:03 +0200
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mount: add shortoptions for bind, move and rbind
Reserving uppercase letters for mount operations: --move | -M --bind | -B --rbind | -R Add lowercase for the most needed mount operation that happen in initramfs: mount -M /sys /root/sys Note, we still have shared-subtree operations (--make-{slave,private,...}) without short options. [kzak@redhat.com: minor change in mount.8] Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <max@stro.at> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8
index 524ed28cc..7487923d0 100644
--- a/mount/mount.8
+++ b/mount/mount.8
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ file hierarchy somewhere else. The call is
.br
.B "mount --bind olddir newdir"
.RE
+or shortoption
+.RS
+.br
+.B "mount -B olddir newdir"
+.RE
or fstab entry is:
.RS
.br
@@ -123,6 +128,11 @@ a second place using
.br
.B "mount --rbind olddir newdir"
.RE
+or shortoption
+.RS
+.br
+.B "mount -R olddir newdir"
+.RE
.\" available since Linux 2.4.11.
Note that the filesystem mount options will remain the same as those
@@ -135,6 +145,11 @@ to another place. The call is
.br
.B "mount --move olddir newdir"
.RE
+or shortoption
+.RS
+.br
+.B "mount -M olddir newdir"
+.RE
Since Linux 2.6.15 it is possible to mark a mount and its submounts as shared,
private, slave or unbindable. A shared mount provides ability to create mirrors
@@ -787,11 +802,15 @@ For more details see
.BR selinux (8)
.RE
.TP
-.B \-\-bind
+.B \-B, \-\-bind
Remount a subtree somewhere else (so that its contents are available
in both places). See above.
.TP
-.B \-\-move
+.B \-R, \-\-rbind
+Remount a subtree and all possible submounts somewhere else (so that its
+contents are available in both places). See above.
+.TP
+.B \-M, \-\-move
Move a subtree to some other place. See above.
.SH "FILESYSTEM SPECIFIC MOUNT OPTIONS"