cvs commit: src/sbin/mdconfig mdconfig.8

Pawel Jakub Dawidek pjd at FreeBSD.org
Fri Nov 9 11:22:59 PST 2007


On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 08:55:58PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2007-11-09 19:26, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:02:52PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> >>   Instead of hardcoding md10 as the device node in the cd9660 example,
> >>   use a trick submitted by Ruslan.
> >>
> >>   Revision  Changes    Path
> >>   1.38      +2 -3      src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
> >>
> >> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8.diff?r1=1.37&r2=1.38&f=h
> >> --- src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8	2007/05/18 13:57:17	1.37
> >> +++ src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8	2007/11/09 18:02:51	1.38
> >> @@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
> >>  .\"     @(#)vnconfig.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
> >>  .\" from: src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8,v 1.19 2000/12/27 15:30:29
> >>  .\"
> >> -.\" $FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8,v 1.37 2007/05/18 13:57:17 keramida Exp $
> >> +.\" $FreeBSD: /usr/local/www/cvsroot/FreeBSD/src/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8,v 1.38 2007/11/09 18:02:51 keramida Exp $
> >>  .\"
> >> -.Dd May 18, 2007
> >> +.Dd November 9, 2007
> >>  .Dt MDCONFIG 8
> >>  .Os
> >>  .Sh NAME
> >> @@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ mount /dev/md0c /mnt
> >>  .Pp
> >>  To mount an ISO 9660 CD image file:
> >>  .Bd -literal -offset indent
> >> -mdconfig -a -t vnode -u 10 -f cdimage.iso
> >> -mount_cd9660 /dev/md10 /mnt
> >> +mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cdimage.iso` /mnt
> >
> > Another trick is to just skip '-t vnode' as it is assumed when -f is
> > used.
> 
> Nice to know :)  Should I update mdconfig.8 again?  I was a bit worried
> about thhe `backquoted command` length, but it seems to fit nicely even
> in console windows.  Reducing the line-length a bit more is not strictly
> necessary, but it's worth considering.  Unless it would make the example
> more cryptic than useful, I guess :)

Yeah, that's my concern too. On the other hand it's a nice hint to show
in example. Well, I'll let you decided on that:)

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd at FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!
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