Mount a Direcoty pointing to another directory

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Is there any solution if I need to mount the directory e.g. /Test pointing to /Opt/Test

Thanks Sumit

You've provided no OS/release details; but you can have a partition (even remote share) mounted more than once... eg. I like my network shares mounted off / to reduce my typing, but snap packages cannot access them, thus I also have another copy available in /mnt so my browser(s) can access them (firefox & chromium are snap packages on my Ubuntu product). — guiverc, Nov 04 '22 at 12:29
There are bind mounts, but do you may find that a symbolic link is more appropriate - see for example What is the difference between ln -s and mount --bind? — steeldriver, Nov 04 '22 at 12:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 04 '22 at 13:49

Yes, for sure there is!

Easiest option: remove "Test" and replace it by a symbolic link with the same name that links to "/Opt/Test". For practical purposes, such symbolic link behaves and acts as if it were a true directory.

More thorough option: if you have special requirements where a link does not cut it, then you can mount --bind the directory "Test" to "/Opt/Test".

Mount a Direcoty pointing to another directory

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