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Date: | Fri, 6 Sep 2002 13:58:54 +0200 |
From: | Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com> |
To: | cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com |
Subject: | Re: Contemplating drastic change to mount handling |
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On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 11:09:58PM -0400, Chris Faylor wrote: > Basically, I'd like to eliminate most of the registry and move mount > handling into two files: /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab. Nice. > /etc/fstab would be the same as it is on linux. /etc/mtab would be a > binary (trie) representation of the mount table which could be mapped > into cygwin on the fly, eliminating the need to parse any options. Sorry, what are "tries"? > We'd still use the registry as a method for finding /etc but that would > be it. Finding "/" basically? > So, basically the "permanent" mounts would be whatever existed in > /etc/fstab, maybe with an auto field turned on. And getting rid of user mounts... :-) Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc.
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