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Re: Inappropriate output from /hurd/mtab
From: |
David Hart |
Subject: |
Re: Inappropriate output from /hurd/mtab |
Date: |
Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:00:15 +0100 |
Hi Justus,
>> Running '/hurd/mtab /some/mountpoint/' correctly outputs the mount details.
>> However trying with a non-mountpoint still emits a result:
>>
>> ~:/hurd/mtab /any/dir/
>> /dev/hd0s2 /any/dir ext2fs <various options>
>>
>> where /dev/hd0s2 is '/'. This is probably not intended behaviour.
>
>Why not? It shows information about the translator the node resides
>on. Similarly on Linux, df /bin shows information about my root
>partition.
Fair enough, as long as it's intended.
However it is currently unexpected. mtab -? only mentions translators _below_
TARGET, and that's what is output when a valid translator does exist.
Perhaps another paragraph should be added to the 'help'.
Regards,
David