Multiline entries in FSTAB

[y_farkash]

Hi,

I have what seemed to me as a very simple question but I couldn't find anything about it in the forums or google.

I am trying to edit my FSTAB to include a CIFS mounted share but the entry is too long since the share name is long and I have many options so it spills to the next line and when I mount it it treats it as two different lines. Naturally, neither line on its own will mount anything.

How do I make a multi-line entry in FSTAB?

Thanks,

Y. Farkash

[valan]

Try putting a backslash \ at the end of the first line, or maybe turn off the word wrap on your editor so it doesn't go to the next line.

[rcgreen]

Try using another editor. Some, like pico and nano, will add a newline whenever
the text wraps on the screen. There should be a command line switch
to change this behavior though.

[y_farkash]

Thanks!

I do use Nano and I didn't realize the default behaviour was to add a CR at the end of the screen. the -w option overrides it.

[i92guboj]

Thanks!

I do use Nano and I didn't realize the default behaviour was to add a CR at the end of the screen. the -w option overrides it.

Yep, that's the most annoying thing about nano. I just use this on my .bashrc and .bash_profile files:

alias nano='nano -w'

[scm]

I hate editors that do "clever" things. That's why vi is my favourite editor - it lets me do the clever things.