From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Subject: Re: Adding subroot information to /proc/mounts, or obtaining that through other means Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:41:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20070620224135.GC6258@gallifrey> References: <467994BD.6000403@zytor.com> <20070620220551.GX7226@petra.dvoda.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Karel Zak Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070620220551.GX7226-CxBs/XhZ2BtHjqfyn1fVYA@public.gmane.org> Sender: util-linux-ng-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org * Karel Zak (kzak-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 01:57:33PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > ... or, alternatively, add a subfield to the first field (which would > > entail escaping whatever separator we choose): > > > > /dev/md6 /export ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 > > /dev/md6:/users/foo /home/foo ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 > > /dev/md6:/users/bar /home/bar ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 > > We needn't a new separator (':') there already is one (' '). What happens with the (sick) case of spaces in directory names? Also is it really nicely defined that there is no way to put a space in an option in any of the filesystems? I suppose someone particularly sick could have a device node in a directory with a space in it. It would be nice if new formats for this are being defined to make it cover everything. Dave -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/