Subject: bin/7629: umount: -A and -a flags should be reversed
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/22/1999 19:06:00
>Number:         7629
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       umount: -A and -a flags should be reversed
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May 22 19:05:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     The Grey Wolf
>Organization:
Star Wolf Innovations

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>Release:        NetBSD 1.4 12 May 1999
>Environment:
	machine: SPARCstation IPX (Sun 4c/50)
	os: NetBSD 1.4 Release
	target: as machine
	libraries: NetBSD 1.4 Release
System: NetBSD starwolf.starwolf.com 1.4 NetBSD 1.4 (STARWOLF) #6: Sat May 15 15:03:26 PDT 1999 greywolf@starwolf.starwolf.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/STARWOLF sparc


>Description:
	umount -A and -a flags sense ought to be reversed.  In most systems,
	umount -a only references the mounted filesystems.  Most systems
	do not have a '-A' flag.  As a capital letter seems to imply
	greater intent of action by virtue of more conscious keystrokes,
	I would posit that '-a' should attempt to be doing less than '-A', as
	unmounting EVERYthing is a greater action than unmounting those
	filesystems which are explicitly mounted.
>How-To-Repeat:
	N/A
>Fix:
	Reverse the sense of -A/-a in /usr/src/sbin/umount.c
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: