Allowing \xxx in fstab

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sat Oct 6 12:23:24 UTC 2012


In message <20121006091154.GB1434 at mole.fafoe.narf.at>, Stefan Farfeleder writes
:
>On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 08:57:58AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> In message <20121006084936.GA1434 at mole.fafoe.narf.at>, Stefan Farfeleder writes
>> :
>> 
>> >+static void
>> >+unescapeoctal(char *s)
>> 
>> 
>> Use unvis(3) ?
>
>The unvis functions unfortunately cannot be told be decode only octal
>escapes. But if everyone agrees that strings like "\^C" or "\$" will
>never occur in device names, I'm happy to use them.

Or improve unvis ?

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