On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:22:33AM +0100, Karel Zak wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 10:02:50PM +0000, Isaac Dunham wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been thinking about adding a feature to Busybox mount, but I'd > > like to check on options that are already claimed in util-linux so I > > don't cause a major incompatability. > > > > The feature I'm thinking about is roughly analogous to "mkdir -p" or > > "cpio -d": > > it creates the mountpoints if needed. > > man mount: > > x-mount.mkdir[=mode] > > Allow to make a target directory (mountpoint). The > optional argument mode specifies the filesystem access mode > used for mkdir(2) in octal notation. The default mode is > 0755. This functionality is supported only for root users. > > > ... so: > > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/foo -o x-mount.mkdir > Thank you for responding. I read about that some time after I sent the email; now comes the question of whether Busybox will accept it. I've already gotten a comment to the effect that x-mount.mkdir is "ugly" (no clarifications provided), and that it's lacking the ability to set owner/group for the mountpoint. (The individual who opposes this is arguing in favor of adding a similar but more expanded capability to mdev, the Busybox hotplugger.) Thanks, Isaac Dunham -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
