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