Peter Staubach wrote:
> Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Traditionally the mount command has looked for a ":" to separate the
>> server's hostname from the export path in the mounted on device name,
>> like this:
>>
>>     mount server:/export /mounted/on/dir
>>
>> The server's hostname is "server" and the export path is "/export".
>>
>> You can also substitute a specific IPv4 network address for the server
>> hostname, like this:
>>
>>     mount 192.168.0.55:/export /mounted/on/dir
>>
>> Raw IPv6 addresses present a problem, however, because they look
>> something like this:
>>
>>     fe80::200:5aff:fe00:30b
>>
>> Note the use of colons.
>>
>> To get around the presence of colons, copy the Solaris convention used 
>> for
>> mounting IPv6 servers by address: wrap a raw IPv6 address with square
>> brackets.
>>
>>   
> 
> It seems unfortunate that the convention couldn't have been to
> look for the first instance of ":/" and break the strings there.

I wonder if you can ever specify an export path that does not begin with 
a '/' -- is that possible when mounting an NFS server that exports, say, 
an old-fashioned HFS volume?

   "macintosh::Macintosh HD:Users:cel"

Looking for only the first colon gives the correct results in this case, 
but looking for ":/" would not.

Likewise on FAT32:

   "windows:\Documents and Settings\Chuck Lever\My Documents"