On 12/02/2014 06:13 AM, Dylan wrote:
I read that «NAME specifies a file on a mounted file system or a block device that is mounted» as meaning "a file on a mounted block device", that is, "/dev/sdh1/somefile", which is not a syntax I have seen previously.
This is definitely ambiguous... it could mean:
(A) a file on [a mounted file system] or [a block device that is mounted]
OR
(B) [a file on a mounted file system] or [a block device that is mounted]
I think, however, (A) is the intended meaning...
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