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Re: using mount

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Markus Hitter wrote:

> Nobile:~$ ls /sbin/mount*
> /sbin/mount /sbin/mount_devfs /sbin/mount_msdos
> /sbin/mount_udf
> /sbin/mount_afp /sbin/mount_fdesc /sbin/mount_nfs
> /sbin/mount_volfs
> /sbin/mount_cd9660 /sbin/mount_hfs /sbin/mount_smbfs
> /sbin/mount_webdav
> /sbin/mount_cddafs /sbin/mount_mfs /sbin/mount_synthfs
>
>
> IMHO too, mount/umount should be safe to use even on OS X. Can't
> see what's wrong when it does.

Well, for one, mount is really mount_ffs. At least on Mac OS X, it
doesn't pass through to other file systems in my experience. Or if it
does, it doesn't do so reliably. Really, mount should be renamed
mount_ffs and a new mount wrapper binary should be added that calls
disktool with appropriate arguments. Just my $0.02.


Later,
David

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