Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:55:29 +0200 From: Ladavac Marino <mladavac@metropolitan.at> To: 'Greg Quinlan' <greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Mount enhancement? Message-ID: <55586E7391ACD211B9730000C11002761796C9@r-lmh-wi-100.corpnet.at>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Quinlan [SMTP:greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk] > Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 12:49 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Mount enhancement? > > Is there anyone that has any thoughts on making mount a single step? > > mount_msdos > mount_cd9960 > mount_ntfs > mount_ext2fs > > just > > mount > > Under another x86 Unix based OS they use just "mount" for all > filesystem and > device mounting, and determine the filesystem type using "dtype" (data > type), so instead of using a separate mount command for every hardware > device or filesystem, it is just "mount." [ML] you mean like mount -t ufs mount -t msdos mount -t cd9660 mount -t ntfs mount -t ext2fs except that they probably use SYSV -F instead of ours -t? man mount :) > (of course their are perhaps the odd exception) > > To achieve this a intermediate step to determine the data-type would > be > required then perhaps to call the appropriate mount command with the > command > line parameters. > > Has anyone got any thoughts? > > Greg > > (ps. please include me in the reply) > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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