docs/157389: [patch] mount.8: add example of option values for other mount programs
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Sun May 29 00:30:12 UTC 2011
>Number: 157389
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] mount.8: add example of option values for other mount programs
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun May 29 00:30:11 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Warren Block
>Release: 8-stable
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD lightning 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: Sat May 21 15:01:13 MDT 2011 root at lightning:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIGHTNING i386
>Description:
mount.8 shows an example of a simple option passed to mount_cd9660 and describes but does not show how to pass options with values to other /sbin/mount_* programs.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read mount.8.
>Fix:
Apply patch.
Patch attached with submission follows:
--- /usr/src/sbin/mount/mount.8.orig 2011-05-28 18:11:16.000000000 -0600
+++ /usr/src/sbin/mount/mount.8 2011-05-28 18:20:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@
distinguished by a leading
.Dq \&-
(dash).
-Options that take a value are specified using the syntax -option=value.
For example, the
.Nm
command:
@@ -363,6 +362,16 @@
/sbin/mount_cd9660 -e /dev/cd0 /cdrom
.Ed
.Pp
+Options that take a value are specified using the -option=value syntax:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+mount -t msdosfs -o -u=fred,-g=wheel /dev/da0s1 /mnt
+.Ed
+.Pp
+is equivalent to
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+/sbin/mount_msdosfs -u fred -g wheel /dev/da0s1 /mnt
+.Ed
+.Pp
Additional options specific to file system types
which are not internally known
(see the description of the
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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