Re: statuscheck patch..

[Tal Danzig]

* On Tue Aug 17, 2004 17:16:11 +0200, B.Hakvoort wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> found some time and implemented the check as we discussed it. It surely
> cuts codesize! ;)
> 
> The main check is done in /etc/mtab instead of /proc/mounts, this is
> because /etc/mtab contains real ( or followable ) names, while
> /proc/mounts can be quite cryptic. I have collected a few mtab files
> from different configs and haven't found any problem thusfar.
> NOTE: rootdevice is included in this check!

One problem with this approach is that /etc/mtab may not be up-to-date
(think read-only file system) while /proc/mounts always contains a full
list of what is mounted.  Also, on some systems /etc/mtab is a symlink
to /proc/mounts.

- Tal

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