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From: rdg@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Rob Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: removable r/w optical disk
Message-ID: <1080133@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Mar 90 17:27:51 GMT
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Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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> > 	system ("/etc/mount /dev/dsk/c6d0s2 /i2");
> > 	system ("/bin/chmod 755 /i2");

> Why not do something like:
> 
> 	mount("/dev/dsk/c6d0s2", "/i2", 0);
> 	chmod("/i2", 0755);
> 
> ...and avoid four unnecessary fork(2) calls?


The mount command checks to make sure the file system is clean, and
also makes entries in /etc/mnttab. The mount intrinsic does neither.
These things are important, you know?

The chmod command could be avoided easily, of course.

Rob