How to link content of multiple directories into 1 dir?

**heenz** · 12-19-2003

Hi,

I have mounted 3 NFS partitions on my client. Now I want to have the files of these 3 partitions listed in one directory on my client to ease browsing. How could I do that? Maybe with linking or is it possible to mount the volumes into the same directory somehow?

Please give me some advice,
Thank you.

**sarumont** · 12-19-2003

The easiest way to do that would be to use symbolic links. AFAIK you can't mount multiple devices in the same directory.

Code:

ln -s /mounted_dir /common_mount_point/mount1

Though you would have to have a different dir for each, they would still be all in the same dir.

**heenz** · 12-19-2003

Thanks for your request.

But with this command I am just able to create 3 links to 3 directories. But I need some type of 1 link to three directories or any other solution.

Do you know how to do that?

**sarumont** · 12-19-2003

Like I said, AFAIK there's no way to do that. But if anyone else knows otherwise, please inform us.

**jasonlambert** · 12-19-2003

how about creating a new directory, placing your mounts inside that, then the client accesses the new directory... eg

/newdir/mount1/
/newdir/mount2/
/newdir/mount3/

but the client mounts /newdir/, then sees the 3 mounted directories.

Thats not particularly clear, but i cannot think of another way to explain it

**sarumont** · 12-20-2003

I thought that was what I said...but maybe neither of us make sense.

What he's wanting to, though, is be like:

Code:

mkdir /mnt/stuff
ln -s /my_stuff /mnt/stuff
ln -s /your_stuff /mnt/stuff
ln -s /his_stuff /mnt/stuff

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