Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2009-11-03 14:07:37 UTC-0600, Adam Vande More (amvandem...@gmail.com) wrote: >windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 Yes, files and paths may all have an MS-DOS 8.3 equivalent (I think this option can be disabled in NTFS), however Windows SMB shares do not. "\\host\My Documents"

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:20 PM, andrew clarke wrote: > On Tue 2009-11-03 14:07:37 UTC-0600, Adam Vande More ( > amvandem...@gmail.com) wrote: > > >windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 > > Yes, files and paths may all have an MS-DOS 8.3 equivalent (I think > this option can be disabled i

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM, andrew clarke wrote: > On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel...@hotmail.com) > wrote: > > > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > > a WinXP machine. > > > > //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 >

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:24 -0500 Michael Powell replied: >carmel_ny wrote: > >> I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is >> to a WinXP machine. >> >> //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 >> >> It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel...@hotmail.com) wrote: > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in devi

Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread Michael Powell
carmel_ny wrote: > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > a WinXP machine. > > //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device > names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. >

/etc/fstab + embedded spaces

2009-11-03 Thread carmel_ny
I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to a WinXP machine. //u...@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. I did some Googling and discover