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> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:40 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a file that is going to be too big to
>> fit on a VFAT partition.   (I don't know how to
>> change the writing program so it writes elsewhere).
>>
>> Symbolic links don't work on VFAT.
>>
>> Is there some other way to do it?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>


On 04/03/2014 08:52 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:> You can use a bind 
mount to make an ext4 directory appear in the VFAT tree.
 >
 > Do "man mount" and search for "bind", and/or search the web for "bind 
mount".
 >
 >   - Pat
 >
 >


Hi Pat,

Thank you!

 From man page, it sounds like I am writing to the
two different locations at the same time:

      "After this call the same contents is accessible in
      two places"

Is this just a play on words?

-T

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