Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 13:23:38 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: suggestion for the man pages: mount(8) Message-ID: <20000605.13233800@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Dear FreeBSD doc'ers, While I was having a look at the mount(8) man pages on my 3.4-S system, two possible modifications came to mind: <SUGGESTION I> As to the BUGS section, the -u flag should be said to be dangerous only when used in conjuction with the -f flag. I may be wrong, but I seem to understand -- discussion in the mailing lists -- that the -u flag *alone* does not normally corrupt filesystems. </SUGGESTION I> <SUGGESTION II> The description of the -a flag seems (to me) a bit complicated. I was thinking about something simpler such as the following: <blockquote> All the filesystems described in fstab(5) are mounted with the exception of those marked as "noauto" and those already mounted. The root filesystem, however, is always remounted to preserve traditional single user mode behaviour. [Finally||further||moreover||...,] filesystems specified via the -t flag and the "no" prefix are not mounted, either (see below). </blockquote> </SUGGESTION II> I may not have chosen the best way/form/structure -- after all, I am Italian -- but I feel that something in tune with SUGGESTION II will make the description of the -a flag clearer and (probably) more elegant. I hope this can be of some help, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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