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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: fstab-like file?
Message-ID: <3848@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 May 88 19:34:42 GMT
References: <10197@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <10197@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@violet.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'm in love with my car) Meyer) writes:
>
>So what I'd like is a simple program that took a list of devices in a
>file (s:partitions maybe?), mounted each partitions, and then did

1.3 Mount has an option keyword (MOUNT) that 'touches' the device
being mounted.

You can make a script that does this also, or combine the
2 once you have 1.3 in your hands, ie

execute fstab

fstab
------
mount Fast:
mount Backup:
mount Test:

If each of the partitions has the MOUNT keyword specified,
they will show up under WB.
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