+/**
+ * nfsmount_string - Mount an NFS file system using C string options
+ * @spec: C string specifying remote share to mount ("hostname:path")
+ * @node: C string pathname of local mounted-on directory
+ * @type: C string that represents file system type ("nfs" or "nfs4")
+ * @flags: MS_ style mount flags
+ * @extra_opts: pointer to C string containing fs-specific mount options
+ * (input and output argument)
+ * @fake: flag indicating whether to carry out the whole operation
+ * @child: one if this is a mount daemon (bg)
+ */
+int nfsmount_string(const char *spec, const char *node, const char *type,
+ int flags, char **extra_opts, int fake, int child)
+{
+ struct nfsmount_info mi = {
+ .spec = spec,
+ .node = node,
+ .type = type,
+ .extra_opts = extra_opts,
+ .flags = flags,
+ .fake = fake,
+ .child = child,
+ };
+ int retval = EX_FAIL;
+
+ mi.options = po_split(*extra_opts);
+ if (mi.options) {
+ retval = nfsmount_start(&mi);
+ po_destroy(mi.options);
+ } else
+ nfs_error(_("%s: internal option parsing error"), progname);
+
+ free(mi.hostname);
+ return retval;