Re: slow share = slow scripts?

[mwoehlke <mwoehlke@tibco.com>]

TITTTLing...

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 10:57:03AM -0700, clayne wrote:
>> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:34:10PM -0500, mwoehlke wrote:
>>> Here is what I am talking about:
>>> ~$ mount h:/mwoehlke/src /usr/src
>>> mount: defaulting to '--no-executable' flag for speed since native path
>>>       references a remote share.  Use '-f' option to override.
>>>                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>> ...neither 'mount --help' or 'man mount' makes *any* mention of this
>>> additional functionality of the '-f' flag.  See?  I'm *not* imagining
>>> things.  :-)
>> The guy was simply stating that he's human and headn't read it yet.  He
>> also pointed out that an implicit behavior was not explicitly
>> documented as such, but more so infered by output when using the
>> --no-executable flag.
>>
>> '  -f, --force                   force mount, don't warn about missing mount
>> point directories '
>>
>> To you guys saying 'get off the computer' [snip potentially offensive bits]
>> Cut people some slack for once - they're on the same side as you trying to
>> achieve the same goals.

Right... We're only human. Sheesh.

> The correct response to someone telling you to use "-f" is to read the
> man page and, when you see that you've had a previous misconception
> about "-f", nod to yourself and get on with your life.  You don't have
> to send email telling us all that you thought "-f" meant something else,
> (especially when you hadn't previously exposed your misconception) and
> you surely don't have to send *two* messages explaining your confusion
> when there really is nothing to be confused about.

I could send a long message about this, but upon further reflection, I 
won't. Instead, I will point out two things.

First, I had *already* read the man page in response to Larry's post.

Second, I replied to Dave Korn *before* I saw your post (not before I 
*read* it... it wasn't there when I wrote my reply to Dave).

Think about it.

Cygwin = MSFTEU. I'm *supposed* to be confused. ;-)

According to the man page, 'mount -f' does X. From *real experience* I 
*know* that it, in fact, does Y. I think we have agreed that this is 
MSFTEU = confusing. Let's not argue about it.

-- 
Matthew
...Ruthlessly beating Windows with a hammer until it looks like POSIX.