From: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fstab format
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:22:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57604B60.3060206@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160614083051.2rm5bdksffs6hiei@ws.net.home>
Karel Zak wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 06:18:36PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> Does the fstab file support line continuation with a backslash-newline?
>
> No.
>
>> There is no indication in the fstab man page one way or another. In the
>> case of some entries that use long device IDs like PARTUUID or several
>> options, it would be nice to be able to control the format for easier
>> reading.
>
> Yes, but fstab is de-facto standard file parsed on many many places.
> We cannot change/extend the file format.
I understand. Thanks. There are certain other projects that wouldn't
care about de-facto standards, but I appreciate your position.
-- Bruce
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-13 23:18 fstab format Bruce Dubbs
2016-06-14 8:30 ` Karel Zak
2016-06-14 18:22 ` Bruce Dubbs [this message]
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