--- Jeff Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Given. I'll try to get the source to mount(8) and see what it's doing anyway. > It > also not obvious who should update it (Like if users mount filesystems > that are readable to a group, should it be updated?). Perhaps list mount directories in an env var: MOUNTED_PATH=/:/home:/joe/test/mnt > It's one of the design tradeoff's of the Hurd. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
