Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 17:43:51 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: perry@piermont.com, thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org, port-i386@NetBSD.ORG, darrenr@cyber.com.au Subject: Re: how to name fs specific programs Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970325174121.11795L-100000@cynic.portal.ca> In-Reply-To: <199703260022.RAA26405@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Terry Lambert wrote:
> # call the correct command for the correct type for the
> # provided device or mount point. Each FS specific mount
> # will ignore the "-T" option, so it is OK to pass the full
> # argument list without parsing it out.
>
> $FSBIN/$FSTYPE/$FSCMD $ARGS
> ...
> for i in *
> do
> # for each FS for which an "fstyp" exists..
> if test -x $i/fstyp
> then
> [stuff]
>...
So what you're saying is that the above is significantly better than
$FSCMD_$FSTYPE $ARGS
and
for i in *_fstyp; do [stuff] ...
Or am I missing something here?
cjs
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