From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 16:46:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D39537B401 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:46:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57E443F3F for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com ([10.0.0.4]) by wolf.bytecraft.au.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6UNjocC015054; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:45:50 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Not Verified[10.0.0.3]) by svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com with MailMarshal (v5,0,3,78) id ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:48:37 +1000 Received: from [10.0.17.42] (mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com [10.0.17.42]) by wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42483F0F; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:45:49 +1000 (EST) From: Murray Taylor To: kientzle@acm.org In-Reply-To: <3F285560.2090607@acm.org> References: <20030730224505.GD531@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <1059607242.64020.5.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> <3F285560.2090607@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Bytecraft Systems Message-Id: <1059608748.64020.10.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 30 Jul 2003 23:45:49 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: Heiner cc: Murray Taylor Subject: Re: getfsent(3) and spaces in fstab X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:46:04 -0000 Just a thort, not having tried it .. does either of the 'standard' methods of including spaces actually work in fstab ?? I speak of quoting (either single or double) and backslashing the space "/mnt/space/silly long dirname/filename also with spaces" or /mnt/space/silly\ long\ dirname/filename\ also\ with\ spaces mjt On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 23:31, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >>Do file system names and mount points with whitespaces violate the > >>specification of fstab? If so, the least thing I'd suggest is the document > >>this restriction. > >> > >>Or should one extend 'getfsent' such that is able to cope with those > >>whitespaces? I am not sure whether this would have any further > >>implications so I am asking here. > > Formal standards tend to avoid "system administration" > issues such as this. I doubt you would be violating any > published standard. > > I say go for it. If something else breaks because > of this change, let's fix that, too. I like the fact > that FreeBSD works pretty well with other systems; lets > keep pushing that. > > Tim Kientzle > > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************