On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:50:08 -0400
erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:

> > & [what] does mkext stand for), and 
> 
> make extract, i assume.
> 
> > 
> >     file /bin/mkfs
> >     /bin/mkfs: cannot open: '/bin/mkfs' file does not exist
> > 
> > Dude, like, huh?
> 
> you must have missed the first few lines of the man page
> 
>           disk/mkfs [-aprvxU] [-d root] [-n name] [-s source] [-u
>           users] [-z n] proto ...
> 
>           disk/mkext [-d name] [-u] [-h] [-v] [-x] [-T] file ...
> 
> this means mkfs is in /bin/disk plan 9 uses subdirectories
> in /bin.  actually in the fs, mkfs is in the directory
> /$objtype/bin/disk/

Ah, cheers. I do rather feel like I've been recommended to use a 
c-stoff/t-stoff powered rocket hopper where a family car would suffice though.


-- 
Ethan Grammatikidis

Those who are slower at parsing information must
necessarily be faster at problem-solving.

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