Re: FILESYSTEMS(5) SMB and VFAT feedback

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 11/05/2017 01:19 PM, Jonny Grant wrote:
> Hello Michael
> 
> Two pieces of feedback about this page:

Hello Johnny,

I've pushed some changes in response to this.
Please see Git.

Cheers,

Michael

> 1) I expect this sunsite should be a link to 
> https://www.samba.org/samba/smbfs/  ?
> 
> 
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/filesystems.5.html
> 
> 
> smb       is a network filesystem that supports the SMB protocol,
>                   used by Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, and Lan Man‐
>                   ager.
> 
>                   To use smb fs, you need a special mount program, which can
>                   be found in the ksmbfs package, found at
>  
> ⟨ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/smbfs⟩.
> 
> 
> BTW, could "smbmount" to kernel man pages?
> 
> 
> 2)   vfat      is an extended DOS filesystem used by Microsoft Windows95
>                   and Windows NT.  vfat adds the capability to use long 
> file‐
>                   names under the MSDOS filesystem.
> 
> 
> 
> I'd be inclined to call it an "extended FAT filesystem", can that be 
> changed? No one refers to it as DOS for around 22 years. Everyone calls 
> it FAT.
> 
> ie
> 
> "is an extended FAT filesystem supported since Microsoft Windows95 and 
> Windows NT 3.5.  vfat adds the capability to use long file‐names under 
> the FAT filesystem."
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Jonny
> 


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