Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 01:07:54 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: chris@behanna.org Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: getfsent(3) and spaces in fstab Message-ID: <3F2A1FDA.3934209C@mindspring.com> 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> <20030731221450.A75410@topperwein.pennasoft.com>
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Chris BeHanna wrote: > What about > > test%201 /mnt/test%201 ufs ro 0 0 > > ? > Ugly, yes, but that's how a lot of tools escape spaces. "%" is almost infinitely more likely in a path than "\"; better to use the "\" than the "%" mechanism. Also, the parser can b LALR single token lookahead, wheras "%" rewuires pushing state (2 token lookahead). -- Terry
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