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* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document "bind" option. 

* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Add "bind" option with example.
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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> 2010-08-09 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document POSIX monotonic clock. * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.6): Document POSIX monotonic clock.

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behaviour on broken filesystems not recognized by Cygwin. behaviour on broken filesystems not recognized by Cygwin.
</para></listitem> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Add new mount option "bind" to allow remounting parts of the POSIX file
hirarchy somewhere else.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para> <listitem><para>
Ttys and ptys are handled as securable objects using file-like permissions Ttys and ptys are handled as securable objects using file-like permissions
and owner/group information. <command>chmod</command> and and owner/group information. <command>chmod</command> and

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otherwise. otherwise.
auto - Ignored. auto - Ignored.
binary - Files default to binary mode (default). 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. cygexec - Treat all files below mount point as cygwin executables.
dos - Always convert leading spaces and trailing dots and spaces to dos - Always convert leading spaces and trailing dots and spaces to
characters in the UNICODE private use area. This allows to use characters in the UNICODE private use area. This allows to use
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<para>Set the cygdrive prefix to /mnt:</para> <para>Set the cygdrive prefix to /mnt:</para>
<screen>none /mnt cygdrive binary 0 0</screen> <screen>none /mnt cygdrive binary 0 0</screen>
</listitem> </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> </itemizedlist>
<para>Whenever Cygwin generates a Win32 path from a POSIX one, it uses <para>Whenever Cygwin generates a Win32 path from a POSIX one, it uses