fstab syntax

Jerry gesbbb at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 30 20:04:28 UTC 2010


On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:05:43 +0300
Jeff Laine <wtf.jlaine at gmail.com> articulated:

> Hello,
> 
> My question is regarding /etc/fstab synax. 
> How can I use spaces and quote symbols in my device name? 
> I tried to use double quotes and backslash, but no luck so far.
> I.e. I'd like to put the following line:
> 
> /dev/msdosfs/MY FLASH /mnt/flash msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0

As far as I know, that cannot be done. I saw something about that
here awhile ago. Perhaps, a patch has been submitted that will modify
its behavior by now.

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Jerry
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