Date: 21 Dec 1998 16:21:33 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I almost hate to suggest this... Message-ID: <xzpzp8hed1e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Dmitrij Tejblum's message of "Sun, 20 Dec 1998 00:54:50 %2B0300" References: <199812192154.AAA00405@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
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Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> writes: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In difference from Bruce I think that mount_XXX is the primary interface, > > (and as such agree with jordan that mount_ufs should be there). Mount > > is just a backwards compatibility gadget now. > Most mount_XXX programs are somewhat broken if used as user interface. > Mount(8) is the only way to mount filesystems from /etc/fstab, anyhow. > I think, primary user interface is mount(8) combined with $EDITOR /etc/fstab > (unless we are talking about fixit floppy, of course). Nah, call it a front-end. Like the distinction between pw(8) and the abominable (unless it's been rewritten, ISTR it was a Tcl script but it seems to be Perl now) adduser(8) script. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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