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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] obsoleting /etc/mtab
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:32:57 -0700
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	Miklos Szeredi <miklos-sUDqSbJrdHQHWmgEVkV9KA@public.gmane.org>
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James Cloos wrote:
>>>>>> "Miklos" == Miklos Szeredi <miklos-sUDqSbJrdHQHWmgEVkV9KA@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 
> Miklos> So the best solution would be if /etc/mtab were a symlink to
> Miklos> /proc/mounts, and the kernel would be the authoritative source
> Miklos> of information regarding mounts.
> 
> That would have to be a symlink to /proc/self/mounts, yes?
> 

/proc/mounts *is* a symlink to /proc/self/mounts.

	-hpa