Re: [9fans] cdrom floppy tape etc, media mount point

[Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 05:45:38PM +0100, rog@vitanuova.com wrote:
> 
> thus, having done:
> 
> 	autodir /n
> 
> you can do, say:
> 
> 	mount /srv/factotum /n/bletheridoo
> 
> and it will work - the destination mount point is created on demand
> (and deleted when there are no more references to it).
> 
This ceryainly has _my_ vote.

> i haven't used it in earnest, but it always seemed a bit unnatural
> to have to pre-create mount points for all future services;
> perhaps there's a place for something like this under plan 9?
> (it's only a couple of hours work).
> 
Brilliant, if only because I was considering the problem and didn't
have the perspicacity to see such an elegant solution!

++L