On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 06:47:06AM -0700, Kenneth Stailey wrote: > /etc/mtab is bad because read-only filesystem and full filesystem > etc cannot generate or update it. *BSD got rid of it a while ago > for getmntinfo(3) API. Should HURD adopt this API?
There isn't currently a central store where all of those are kept. It also not obvious who should update it (Like if users mount filesystems that are readable to a group, should it be updated?). It's one of the design tradeoff's of the Hurd. -- "Frankly, trying to turn Windows into a decent educational software development platform is about as fun as jumping naked into a pit of rabid wolves." - As seen on slashdot _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
