> Just a thort, not having tried it .. > > does either of the 'standard' methods of including spaces actually work > in fstab ?? > > I speak of quoting (either single or double) and backslashing the space > > "/mnt/space/silly long dirname/filename also with spaces" > > or > > /mnt/space/silly\ long\ dirname/filename\ also\ with\ spaces
Sorry, I should have written that I have performed tests: Here is what I did: test\ 1 /mnt/test\ 1 ufs ro 0 0 'test 2' '/mnt/test 2' ufs ro 0 0 "test 3" "/mnt/test 3" ufs ro 0 0 This test program ---> snip <-- #include <fstab.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { struct fstab *f; while (0 != (f = getfsent ())) { printf ("%s %s %s\n", f->fs_spec, f->fs_file, f->fs_vfstype); } return 0; } ---> snip <-- Gives me the following output: /dev/ad0s2b none swap /dev/ad0s1a / ufs /dev/ad0s2g /usr ufs /dev/ad0s2f /home ufs /dev/ad0s2e /var ufs /dev/vinum/mucke /samba-export ufs /dev/acd0c /mnt/cdrom cd9660 /dev/fd0.1440 /mnt/floppy msdos proc /proc procfs kern /kern kernfs linproc /compat/linux/proc linprocfs fstab: /etc/fstab:14: Inappropriate file type or format fstab: /etc/fstab:15: Inappropriate file type or format fstab: /etc/fstab:16: Inappropriate file type or format Simon
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