Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:51:15 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount(8) mount_union(8) and the slippery wet floor... Message-ID: <20020905145115.GA14407@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20020905144627.GL10717@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020904132723.00bc28e8@mail.lusidor.nu> <20020904124832.GA15994@submonkey.net> <44y9ahecn2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20020905091754.GE10717@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <44bs7c1phq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20020905144627.GL10717@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 04:46:28PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > this is interesting. I always thought that mount(8) works by > invoking mount_whatever(8) where whatever is determined by the value > passed in the -t option to mount(8). looks like this isn't the case, > then... hm: No, that is the case, but this is what confused me. > If the type is not one of the internally known types, mount will > attempt to execute a program in /sbin/mount_XXX where XXX is > replaced by the type name. For example, nfs filesystems are > mounted by the program /sbin/mount_nfs. That works if you run "mount -t union ...", but after rereading the OP's question, he was referring to "mount -o union..." which is something different. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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