Synopsis.
Setup the loop device at <dev-path> to access the file at <file-path> as a block device.
- Example:
+ In the following example a 256Kb file is created (dd
) and losetup
is
+ used to make the file accessible as a block device.
+ A FAT file system is created (mkfatfs
) and mounted (mount
).
+ Files can then be managed on the loop-mounted file.
nsh> dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/image bs=512 count=512 nsh> ls -l /tmp @@ -970,6 +973,13 @@ nsh> ls -l /mnt ls -l /mnt /mnt: drw-rw-rw- 0 example/ +nsh> echo "This is a test" >/mnt/example/atest.txt +nsh> ls -l /mnt/example +/mnt/example: + -rw-rw-rw- 16 ATEST.TXT +nsh> cat /mnt/example/atest.txt +This is a test +nsh>