Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 08:20:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/20710: mount output is to long, and "mount -v" is useless. Message-ID: <200008221520.IAA09825@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/20710; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/20710: mount output is to long, and "mount -v" is useless. Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:17:19 +0200 On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 12:40:03 MST, Bruce Evans wrote: > > The "mount" command to get a list of mounted file systems now > > outputs lots of information, making the critical stuff - the > > actual mount points - hard to find. > > The stuff about reads and writes takes too much space and doesn't really > belong in mount(8). > > > Also, the command "mount -v" and the command "mount" do the > > exact same thing. This seems like such a waste. > > This is because mount with no args essentially applies -v. -v only makes > a difference for mounting a single filesystem. Hi Bruce, Could you suggest how we should go forward with this? Your comments make it sound like you'd change _something_ about the status quo. Would you perhaps limit the printing of read and write information to verbose (-v) mode? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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