Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:05:51 +0200 | From | Karel Zak <> | Subject | Re: Adding subroot information to /proc/mounts, or obtaining that through other means |
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On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 01:57:33PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > We could add a field to /proc/mounts to add this information: > > /dev/md6 /export ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 / > /dev/md6 /home/foo ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 /users/foo > /dev/md6 /home/bar ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 /users/bar
I prefer this format. It's compatible with the mount(8) -- the mount ignores extra columns.
> ... 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 (' ').
> I'm personally leaning toward the second option (/dev/md6:/users/foo). > Although that might confuse current utilities, those utilities are > *already* liable to get confused by the fact that the line doesn't mean > what they think it means.
Many people use "ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab".
Karel
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