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| author | Sami Kerola | 2015-11-22 20:58:26 +0100 |
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| committer | Sami Kerola | 2015-11-22 21:56:37 +0100 |
| commit | 98b4f74e1f8f5735e29b6ac37cf4d3dcd77be701 (patch) | |
| tree | 6fe5e636352fb8adc0f8e8338a13b8cc0dd5b6aa /disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c | |
| parent | mkfs.bfs: fix block device open race (diff) | |
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mkfs.bfs: allow creating file system to a file
Most, if not all, linux file systems allow this and there should not be a
reason why bfs could not do the same.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c index ff075678b..d66da14eb 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.bfs.c @@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) if (stat(device, &statbuf) < 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("stat of %s failed"), device); - if (!S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) - errx(EXIT_FAILURE, _("%s is not a block special device"), device); - fd = open_blkdev_or_file(&statbuf, device, O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), device); |