Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: About /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts | From | Miles Bader <> | Date | 27 Feb 2003 18:49:16 +0900 |
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jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws> writes: > /etc/mtab is a hack. I suspect it was done so that fsck, df > and umount wouldn't have to read /dev/kmem. We now have > much better ways to get data out of the kernel.
Oh, I very much agree. I'm just trying to say that it's not really any worse than the _other_ stupid hacks being suggested...
I think making /proc/{mount,mtab,...,whatever} work correctly is certainly the best thing to do.
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