Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:19:29 -0500 | From | Justin A <> | Subject | Re: Yet another design for /proc. Or actually /kernel. |
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Ahh yes I've seen that happen. It's not too common in standard unix practices, but comes up a lot when mounting windows shares. Mounting "//bobs computer/my folder with stuff in it" does not have good results. Only way I found to fix that was to umount -a -t smbfs.
-Justin
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 12:58:24PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: <slrn9uj1nf.5lj.spamtrap@dexter.hensema.xs4all.nl> > By author: spamtrap@use.reply-to (Erik Hensema) > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > - Multiple values per file when needed > > A file is a two dimensional array: it has lines and every line > > can consist of multiple fields. > > A good example of this is the current /proc/mounts. > > This can be parsed very easily in all languages. > > No need for single-value files, that's oversimplification. > > > > Actually, /proc/mounts is currently broken, and is an excellent > example of why the above statement simply isn't true unless you apply > another level of indirection: try mounting something on a directory > the name of which contains whitespace in any form (remember, depending > on your setup this may be doable by an unprivileged user...) > > -hpa > -- > <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! > "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." > http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt <amsp@zytor.com> > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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