Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:16:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@behanna.org> To: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: getfsent(3) and spaces in fstab Message-ID: <20030731221450.A75410@topperwein.pennasoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20030731000842.GE531@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> References: <20030730224505.GD531@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <1059607242.64020.5.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> <1059608748.64020.10.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> <20030731000842.GE531@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Simon Barner wrote:
> > 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
>
> Sorry, I should have written that I have performed tests:
>
> Here is what I did:
>
> test\ 1 /mnt/test\ 1 ufs ro 0 0
> 'test 2' '/mnt/test 2' ufs ro 0 0
> "test 3" "/mnt/test 3" ufs ro 0 0
>
> This test program
>
> [...snipped...]
>
> Gives me the following output:
>
> fstab: /etc/fstab:14: Inappropriate file type or format
> fstab: /etc/fstab:15: Inappropriate file type or format
> fstab: /etc/fstab:16: Inappropriate file type or format
What about
test%201 /mnt/test%201 ufs ro 0 0
?
Ugly, yes, but that's how a lot of tools escape spaces.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
chris@bogus.behanna.org
Turning coffee into software since 1990.
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