Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:38:30 +0200 | From | Karel Zak <> | Subject | Re: Feature request, "create on mount" to create mount point directory on mount, implied remove on unmount |
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On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 11:48:28PM +0100, jon wrote: > It solves these problems: > 1) It solves the problem of processes writing data into the mount point > when not mounted (as does, I accept a user space automounter, but as I > explained the usage scenario differs). > > 2) It would be useful for embedded devices, installers etc. I do quite > a bit of work in the embedded space, sometimes running kernel+shell+user > process only, sometimes no udev, no systemd, not even full fat init. > > 3) installers or similar could use such an option for mounting install > data. By specifying the flag user space processes can infer that the FS > is successfully mounted by the presence of the mount point without the > need to explicitly code against an event system or parse log files. > > 3) Users can use it to have a slightly improved new mount behaviour and > also hopefully be used as a flag to indicate that "oh so clever user > space managers" should stay away entries using it in fstab.
man mount (since util-linux v2.23, May 2013):
x-mount.mkdir[=mode] Allow to make a target directory (mountpoint).
It's userspace mount(8) option and you can use it in your fstab.
Karel
-- Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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