Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:54:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:54:07 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:2438 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:54:06 -0500 Message-Id: <200302271600.h1RG0Cdh011948@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> To: Dominik Kubla cc: Kasper Dupont , Miles Bader , DervishD , Linux-kernel Subject: Re: About /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:11:59 BST." <200302271012.02283.dominik@kubla.de> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 13:00:12 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1041 Lines: 23 Dominik Kubla said: > On Thursday 27 February 2003 09:12, Kasper Dupont wrote: > > Dominik Kubla wrote: > > > I would recommend to replace /etc/mtab with a pseudo-FS like Sun did > > > for /etc/mnttab: > ... > > How does that thing behave? I have considered a /proc/mtab implementation, > > that might be slightly similar. > > Quoting the Solaris 8 man page: I fail to see any significant difference to /proc/mounts (possibly expanded). Sure, /proc is the wrong place for this kind of stuff, but... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/