Thread: The mount function

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    Question The mount function

    Hello,

    Can anyone help me with this?

    This is the code:

    ret = mount(DEVICE_FILE, MOUNT_DIR, "vfat", MS_MGC_VAL, NULL);

    I have all of the values figured out except MS_MGC_VAL. It is an unsigned long int passed to the mount function and is used for a read/write flag.

    This is the error:

    hda: hda1
    hda: hda1
    [Error] Can not Open conftest
    [Error] Testing all
    Segmentation fault
    [root@Linux /root]$mount
    /dev/ram0 on / type ext2 (rw)
    /proc on /proc type proc (rw)
    none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
    /dev/hda1 on /flash type vfat (rw)
    [root@Linux /root]$

    As you can see the drive does get mounted in the code. I can read and write to it after the program has exited. The drive was not mounted before executing the program.

    I can't figure out what this value should be set at or if this is the problem.

    Thanks for any help,

    Matt

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    Did you try reading errno? It is there for a reason.

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    Just take a look at the man page for said function...

    If the magic number is absent, then the last two arguments are not used

    Quzah.
    Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

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