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Date:      Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:55:58 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mdconfig mdconfig.8
Message-ID:  <20071109185557.GA19905@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <20071109182623.GA37371@garage.freebsd.pl>
References:  <200711091802.lA9I2q5R060293@repoman.freebsd.org> <20071109182623.GA37371@garage.freebsd.pl>

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On 2007-11-09 19:26, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:02:52PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>   Instead of hardcoding md10 as the device node in the cd9660 example,
>>   use a trick submitted by Ruslan.
>>
>>   Revision  Changes    Path
>>   1.38      +2 -3      src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
>>
>> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8.diff?r1=1.37&r2=1.38&f=h
>> --- src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8	2007/05/18 13:57:17	1.37
>> +++ src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8	2007/11/09 18:02:51	1.38
>> @@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
>>  .\"     @(#)vnconfig.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
>>  .\" from: src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8,v 1.19 2000/12/27 15:30:29
>>  .\"
>> -.\" $FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8,v 1.37 2007/05/18 13:57:17 keramida Exp $
>> +.\" $FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8,v 1.38 2007/11/09 18:02:51 keramida Exp $
>>  .\"
>> -.Dd May 18, 2007
>> +.Dd November 9, 2007
>>  .Dt MDCONFIG 8
>>  .Os
>>  .Sh NAME
>> @@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ mount /dev/md0c /mnt
>>  .Pp
>>  To mount an ISO 9660 CD image file:
>>  .Bd -literal -offset indent
>> -mdconfig -a -t vnode -u 10 -f cdimage.iso
>> -mount_cd9660 /dev/md10 /mnt
>> +mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cdimage.iso` /mnt
>
> Another trick is to just skip '-t vnode' as it is assumed when -f is
> used.

Nice to know :)  Should I update mdconfig.8 again?  I was a bit worried
about thhe `backquoted command` length, but it seems to fit nicely even
in console windows.  Reducing the line-length a bit more is not strictly
necessary, but it's worth considering.  Unless it would make the example
more cryptic than useful, I guess :)




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