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Article #799Re: File System Type (statfs, sysfs)
From: Tim Roper
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1988 00:14
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1988 00:14
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In article <480@uniq.UUCP>, rjnoe@uniq.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) writes: > ... > 3. I searched through 3.0 source code and the only time I found any program > or library routine using f_fstyp after doing a statfs was in mount(1M) and > under very specific circumstances: > 1. Neither -d nor -f options specified > 2. Pathname passed to statfs is "/" > 3. Followed by a sysfs(GETFSTYP) to get the fsname for this f_fstyp > The resulting file system type name will never be DUFST. (The purpose of this > was to get the default fstyp for a local mount when no -f was specified.) A diskless workstation with the root filesystem accessed via RFS springs to mind :-) Not that 3.0/RFS could do this as is ... D
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!agate!ig!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!munnari!moncskermit!labtam!timr From: timr@labtam.OZ (Tim Roper) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: File System Type (statfs, sysfs) Summary: diskless workstations? Keywords: System V Release 3.1.1 Version 3 for AT&T 3B2 Message-ID: <692@labtam.OZ> Date: 7 Jun 88 00:14:44 GMT References: <479@uniq.UUCP> <681@labtam.OZ> <480@uniq.UUCP> Organization: Labtam Limited., Melbourne, Australia Lines: 12