[ale] /etc/mtab

[Jim Kinney]

that explains it. According to FHS, mtab should reside in /var/lib

2010/5/5 Björn Gustafsson <bg-ale at bjorng.net>

> /etc/mtab also predates /var/ if you want to get all historical about it.
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > If /var is not mounted, LOTS of stuff is not working so I'm in runlevel 1
> at
> > that point :-)
> >
> > I'd even settle for a spot in /tmp.
> >
> > But not /etc. mtab is not used to configure anything. It is the report of
> a
> > state. So the /proc/mounts (linked to /proc/self/mounts) is the only
> place
> > it should exist from my thinking.
> >
> > Must be an _old_ carry over from way before /proc days.
> >
> > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Dennis Ruzeski <denniruz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > James P. Kinney III
> >> > Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
> >> > Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits
> >
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> > Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
> > Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits
>
> --
> Björn Gustafsson
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