when to use a ln or a mount

[zzapper]

Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in
news:et3sqe$vdc$1@sea.gmane.org: 

> zzapper wrote:
>> Hi,
>> In my confused mind ln and mount seem to achieve the same thing.
>> In my case I want to have an easy to type path(s) to my old pc
>> 
>> so I typed:-
>> 
>> mount -f -u -b "//dell25/c/" "/o"
>> 
>> but I also successfully tested
>> 
>> ln -s //dell25/c/ /old

> 
> In this case, what you are doing is effective to mounting a remote file 
> system, so "mount" would be traditional (and also your only choice on 
> most UNIX's, which don't understand UNC paths). However, as you've 
> noticed, either one works on Cygwin. :-)
> 

Do either test if connection valid?

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