RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>]

> From: Frank Naumann [mailto:fnaumann@prinz-atm.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De]
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 3:08 PM
> To: Julian Reschke
> Cc: mint@fishpool.com
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b
>
>
> Hi Julian!
>
> > fsck, df,
>
> Right, such systemtools must be updated.
>
> > du,
>
> Can you explain why du need to know about mountpoints?

Need to check my source -- right now I'm not sure.

> > SCSI-Tool, CD-Tool, backup programs, installers...
>
> The same, can't see any reason.

For instance, SCSI-Tool has a function that allows you to do stress tests
(I/O) on any valid file system. How is it supposed to find all these
filesystems in order to display a list to the user?

Just because *you* don't see a use case doesn't mean that existing programs
do not already rely on it.