[ale] /etc/mtab

[Lightner, Jeff]

*gasp*

I thought I was the only old fogey that insisted on making separate
filesystems.  I see many folks running one large "/".  

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Dennis Ruzeski
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 3:47 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] /etc/mtab

So if /var was unmounted how would you write to it?



On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> why is mtab in /etc as a file and not as just a symlink to someplace
better
> like /var/<something>/mtab?
>
> Since it gets written to on any mount it seems to be more like "/var
data"
> than a configuration file
>
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