Re: mount error message

[Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>]

Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, Bruce,
>
> Du meintest am 07.09.14:
>
>> I have a user that complains that mount is giving an incorrect error
>> message under some circumstances.  For instance if mtab is symlinked
>> to /proc/self/mounts the command and /run is not in fstab:
>
>> $ mount /run
>
>> returns an error message:
>
>>     mount: /run: No such file or directory
>
>> However if mtab is a regular file, the error message is:
>
>>     mount: can't find /run in /etc/fstab
>
>> It would be appropriate if both situations could return the 2nd
>> message.
>
> There's no need to put the device into a special line in "/etc/fstab".
>
>          mount /dev/sdxn /run
>
> should always work, with the appropriate values for x and n.

Unless your script does not know what x or n are in advance.

Actually I followed up my original post and said the it was invalid.

   -- Bruce