On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 01:57:33PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > ... or, alternatively, add a subfield to the first field (which would > entail escaping whatever separator we choose): > > /dev/md6 /export ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 > /dev/md6:/users/foo /home/foo ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 > /dev/md6:/users/bar /home/bar ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 Hell, no. The first field is in principle impossible to parse unless you know the fs type. How about making a new file with sane format? From the very beginning. E.g. mountpoint + ID + relative path + type + options, where ID uniquely identifies superblock (e.g. numeric st_dev) and backing device (if any) is sitting among the options... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
