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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: About /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts
From:       Horst von Brand <vonbrand () inf ! utfsm ! cl>
Date:       2003-02-27 16:00:12
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Dominik Kubla <dominik@kubla.de> said:
> On Thursday 27 February 2003 09:12, Kasper Dupont wrote:
> > Dominik Kubla wrote:
> > > I would recommend to replace /etc/mtab with a pseudo-FS like Sun did
> > > for /etc/mnttab:
> ...
> > How does that thing behave? I have considered a /proc/mtab implementation,
> > that might be slightly similar. 
> 
> Quoting the Solaris 8 man page:

I fail to see any significant difference to /proc/mounts (possibly expanded).
Sure, /proc is the wrong place for this kind of stuff, but...
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