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fstab(5)

mount(8)

MTAB(5)

NAME

mtab - table of mounted file systems

USAGE

used by mount and umount commands

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/mtab file identifies the file systems currently mounted by the local host.  The mount command creates entries in this file; the umount command deletes them. 
 
Each entry corresponds to a file system currently mounted by the local host.  An entry occupies a single line and contains the following information:

host:fsname gwname type args 0 0

where:

host:fsname remote host name, colon (:), and file system name

gwname gateway object pathname (remote file systems) or temporary directory pathname (removable file systems)

type file system type specified at mount time with mount command’s -t option (possible values are 4.2, nfs, and pc; default is nfs)

args argument(s) specified at mount time with mount command’s -o option (default is hard)

0 0 Unused

EXAMPLE

 
bonmot:/usr  /bonmot_usr  nfs  soft  0  0

FILES

/etc/mtab
 

RELATED INFORMATION

fstab(5) mount(8)
 
 

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