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Subject: Re: getfsent(3) and spaces in fstab
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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.

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Chris BeHanna
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