Re: (un)mount ramfs from C code

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/22/2009 08:13 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 09/22/2009 07:04 PM, Brian McGrew wrote:
> > Good morning all!
> >
> > So I'm using a ramfs for temporary files, thank you whoever designed
> > that,
> > it works great!
> >
> > I can mkdir, mount, chmoud, readand write and then umount the thing
> > from the
> > command line just fine.
> >
> > What I need now is some method from within my C/C++ code to determine
> > if the
> > ramfs is mounted, if not, then mount it so I can use it and unmount it
> > when
> > I'm done, without making a system call.
> >
> > Can this be done? Is there any access to mount/unmount from C/C++?
>
> I suppose looking at the source code of the 'mount' utility could prove
> very enlightening. You can find it at:
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng

Also, "man 2 mount" will provide docs about the the mount() function in 
<sys/mount.h>.  If for some reason that man page isn't provided in your 
system, you can find a copy at:

  http://linux.die.net/man/2/mount
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