Date: 30 Jul 2003 23:45:49 +0000 From: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> To: kientzle@acm.org Cc: Murray Taylor <taylorm@bytecraft.au.com> Subject: Re: getfsent(3) and spaces in fstab Message-ID: <1059608748.64020.10.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> In-Reply-To: <3F285560.2090607@acm.org> References: <20030730224505.GD531@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <1059607242.64020.5.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> <3F285560.2090607@acm.org>
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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 mjt On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 23:31, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >>Do file system names and mount points with whitespaces violate the > >>specification of fstab? If so, the least thing I'd suggest is the document > >>this restriction. > >> > >>Or should one extend 'getfsent' such that is able to cope with those > >>whitespaces? I am not sure whether this would have any further > >>implications so I am asking here. > > Formal standards tend to avoid "system administration" > issues such as this. I doubt you would be violating any > published standard. > > I say go for it. If something else breaks because > of this change, let's fix that, too. I like the fact > that FreeBSD works pretty well with other systems; lets > keep pushing that. > > Tim Kientzle > > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************
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