From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@suse.cz>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mount: "nofail" and already mounted devices?
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:21:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140109162118.GE7516@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1389282714.8841.109.camel@oct.suse.cz>
On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 04:51:54PM +0100, Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> Karel Zak wrote:
> The new behavior could simplify common situation and also prevent a
> race:
> if the device is not yet mounted
> mount it
> do the work
It would be enough to add extra return code for EBUSY (which is
probably a good idea for all scenarios).
> > > - Make possible to use "-a" with further arguments.
> >
> > mount -a /foo /bar [...]
> >
> > Right?
>
> Well, it sounds interesting as well, but I was thinking about
> (conflicting):
> mount -a /dev/device /mountpoint
It's new feature, so we can be pretty strict about it
mount -a [<mountpoint> ..]
and do not support "mount -a <source> <target>". If you need
something more advanced then you have to compose a script.
Karel
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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-08 17:55 mount: "nofail" and already mounted devices? Stanislav Brabec
2014-01-09 10:02 ` Karel Zak
2014-01-09 15:51 ` Stanislav Brabec
2014-01-09 16:21 ` Karel Zak [this message]
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