Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:01:49 -0400 From: "C. A. Daelhousen" <cd9@buffalo.edu> To: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mtools vs mount Message-ID: <20020827170149.C3712@selvirjin.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D6B82A9.3000904@gmx.de>; from siegbert.baude@gmx.de on Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 03:46:17PM %2B0200 References: <20020826220454.P1757-100000@dhcp-402-55.san.rr.com> <20020827075718.A3273@selvirjin.buffalo.edu> <3D6B82A9.3000904@gmx.de>
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On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 03:46:17PM +0200, Siegbert Baude wrote: > Hi, > > > >>2. Why doesn't `mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy` support long filenames so > >>I can just work directly with the diskette? (e.g. I want to tar and gzip all > >>the files on my floppy but first must mcopy them all to a temporary > >>directory *then* tar and gzip the local copies unless you have a better way) > > > > in /etc/fstab: > > /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto,longnames 0 0 > > man mount_msdos snippet: > [snip] Yes, everyone running FreeBSD has that manpage--without its formatting destroyed by cut'n'paste. > > And this works: > Obviously it didn't work for the original poster, or they wouldn't have posted the question. Note that on a *blank* floppy, no long names are found, so short names are assumed. So if the archive is put on a blank floppy mounted short-name in the first place, then no amount of "mount -l"ing later will recreate the long names. I don't have any bare DOS machines, so I don't ever use short names; therefore, the longnames option in /etc/fstab is more convenient and useful. (And it's not in with the -l/-s options in the manpage.) If you didn't have anything useful to say to me, don't reply to me. Go back up the thread for that. -- ..: Chad Daelhousen == cd9@buffalo.edu :.........: sig v3.1 :... : Programming for 10 +/- 2 years (50 +/- 10% of a lifetime) : :.............Perl will be the first to implement mind reading.: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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