On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 06:33:17PM +0100, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
<snip>
> The check looks right but doesn't work:
>
> # grep '\</dev\>.*devfs' /proc/mounts
>
> # grep '/dev\>.*devfs' /proc/mounts
>
> # grep '\</dev.*devfs' /proc/mounts
>
> # grep '/dev.*devfs' /proc/mounts
> none /dev devfs rw 0 0
>
> # grep ' /dev .*devfs' /proc/mounts
> none /dev devfs rw 0 0
>
> # grep '/dev.*devfs' /proc/mounts | hexdump
> %07.7_ 6f6e 656e 2f20 6564 2076 6564 6676 2073
> %07.7_ 7772 3020 3020 000a
> %07.7_
>
> You might want to check for " " instead of word start and end to
> circumvent the problem.
Actually, / is not a word char, also, / tends to be special.
grep '\/dev[\t ]*devfs' /proc/mounts
Zephaniah E. Hull.
>
> MfG
> Goswin
>
> PS: You might also check for existing devices when using devfs. I
> don't have a /dev/tts/3, so theres no point giving me the
> choise. Altough care must be taken to handle not yet loaded modules. I
> might fill this as wishlist, since has nothing to do with this bug.
Don't try to open, just test for existence.
Zephaniah E. Hull.
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