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Re: [tlug] Crazy automount solution



>>>>> "JG" == Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> writes:

    JG> Look, I could not care less about automounting. I have no
    JG> interest in it. I just thought that my method was a good
    JG> demonstration of The Unix Way, viz, how you can do damned near
    JG> anything by using a shell script to tie together a bunch of
    JG> utilities that Do One Thing Well.

Polling from a user space application may be a UNIX way but not the
one to be proud of, IMHO.

    JG> [...]

    JG> Anyone who is not familiar with The Unix Way might just learn
    JG> something from my trivial example.

... how to waste CPU cycles? Sorry Josh, I did try to resist 8-)

-- 
Viktor


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