Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 08:12:13 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199712231312.IAA21457@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: randym AT acm DOT org
CC: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <3.0.1.32.19971223070241.007f59e0@yacker.xiotech.com> (message
	from Randy Maas on Tue, 23 Dec 1997 07:02:41 -0600)
Subject: Re: mntent patch - c file
Precedence: bulk


> Only programs that use mntent and not loadable fsexts.  These will see
> filesystems with bizarre fstypes that don't correspond to dos or unixish
> things (ie, "PLUGIN", "FIFO" and whatever others add) --- but only if they
> scan with getmntent.

For example, "df".  getmntent() is a popular function.  Making it do
something unexpected may not be a good idea.