Tango FileRoots

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Lars Ivar Igesund Wrote:

> Jesse Phillips wrote:
> 
> > I'm interested in knowing why FileRoots.list() uses /etc/mtab for its
> > root folders in linux? To my knowledge Linux only has one root and if
> > anything its sub directories would be considered the roots. I just don't
> > see the point of using mtab, but then again I'm looking at it from how
> > file managers look at the system.
> 
> The unix root / isn't the most useful thing to ask for, thus mtab is used to
> show all mounted devices.
> 
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> Lars Ivar Igesund
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ftab mounts the original devices and empowers them
mtab looks after the devices added later ie plugging in the usb stick or something like that

is the  file used in that sort of context?