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Date:      21 Dec 1998 16:21:33 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I almost hate to suggest this...
Message-ID:  <xzpzp8hed1e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Dmitrij Tejblum's message of "Sun, 20 Dec 1998 00:54:50 %2B0300"
References:  <199812192154.AAA00405@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>

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Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> writes:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > In difference from Bruce I think that mount_XXX is the primary interface,
> > (and as such agree with jordan that mount_ufs should be there).  Mount
> > is just a backwards compatibility gadget now.
> Most mount_XXX programs are somewhat broken if used as user interface. 
> Mount(8) is the only way to mount filesystems from /etc/fstab, anyhow.
> I think, primary user interface is mount(8) combined with $EDITOR /etc/fstab 
> (unless we are talking about fixit floppy, of course).

Nah, call it a front-end. Like the distinction between pw(8) and the
abominable (unless it's been rewritten, ISTR it was a Tcl script but
it seems to be Perl now) adduser(8) script.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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