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diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 4dcee95e9..2bbe05395 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-08-11 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + + * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document "bind" option. + * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Add "bind" option with example. + 2010-08-09 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net> * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document POSIX monotonic clock. diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml index d35feaf51..049183f54 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ behaviour on broken filesystems not recognized by Cygwin. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> +Add new mount option "bind" to allow remounting parts of the POSIX file +hirarchy somewhere else. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> Ttys and ptys are handled as securable objects using file-like permissions and owner/group information. <command>chmod</command> and <command>chown</command> now work on ttys/ptys. A new mechanism is used diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 7e5376889..2d0396271 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ posix=[0|1]. The meaning of the options is as follows.</para> otherwise. auto - Ignored. binary - Files default to binary mode (default). + bind - Allows to remount part of the file hierarchy somewhere else. + In contrast to other entries, the first field in the fstab + line specifies an absolute POSIX path. This path is remounted + to the POSIX path specified as the second path. The conversion + to a Win32 path is done on the fly. Only the root path and + paths preceding the bind entry in the fstab file are used to + convert the POSIX path in the first field to an absolute Win32 + path. Note that symlinks are ignored while performing this path + conversion. cygexec - Treat all files below mount point as cygwin executables. dos - Always convert leading spaces and trailing dots and spaces to characters in the UNICODE private use area. This allows to use @@ -186,6 +195,15 @@ mount the root dir with special options (for instance, as text mount).</para> <para>Set the cygdrive prefix to /mnt:</para> <screen>none /mnt cygdrive binary 0 0</screen> </listitem> +<listitem> + <para>Remount /var to /usr/var:</para> + <screen>/var /usr/var none bind</screen> + <para>Assuming <filename>/var</filename> points to + <filename>C:/cygwin/var</filename>, <filename>/usr/var</filename> now + also points to <filename>C:/cygwin/var</filename>. This is equivalent + to the Linux <literal>bind</literal> option available since + Linux 2.4.0.</para> +</listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Whenever Cygwin generates a Win32 path from a POSIX one, it uses |