Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:40:29 GMT From: Mikolaj Rydzewski <miki@ma.krakow.pl> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/84298: [patch] allow mount(8) to recognize relative pathnames as mountpoints Message-ID: <200507292140.j6TLeT1x069787@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/84298; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mikolaj Rydzewski <miki@ma.krakow.pl> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/84298: [patch] allow mount(8) to recognize relative pathnames as mountpoints Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:36:33 +0200 (CEST) On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: >> Current version of mount(8) requires to specify absolute mountpoint >> pathname. Let's assume one has some mountpoints located in /mnt: >> /mnt/cdrom, /mnt/floppy, /mnt/usb >> It should be possible to call mount(8) like this: >> mount cdrom (assuming the current directory is /mnt). It has >> more practical impact when system is configured to allow non-root >> users to mount (cdroms, usb sticks) to mountpoints in their home >> directories. It's much more flexible to run mount ~/usb than >> mount /home/<username>/usb. > > Not really an objection, but this last example is bogus. As the example > below shows, tcsh, bash, sh, and csh all make this work since ~expansion > happens before the command is run by the shell: Yes, you're right, thanks for pointing this. But the problem with mount ignoring relative mountpoint pathnames still exists. Regards -- Mikolaj Rydzewski <miki@ma.krakow.pl> PGP KeyID: 8b12ab02
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