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NAME
     mountall, umountall - mount, unmount multiple file systems

SYNOPSIS
     mountall  [-F FSType] [-l | -r] [ file_system_table]
     umountall [-F FSType] [-k] [-l | -r]

DESCRIPTION
     These commands may be  executed only by a privileged user.

     mountall  is used to  mount  file  systems  according  to  a
     file_system_table.  (/etc/vfstab  is the default file system
     table.) The special file name "-" reads  from  the  standard
     input.   If  the  dash is specified, then the standard input
     must be in the same format as /etc/vfstab.   With  no  argu-
     ments  mountall  restricts  the  mount  to  all systems with
     automnt field set to yes in the file_system_table.

     Before each file system is mounted, a sanity check  is  done
     using  fsck  [see  fsck(1M)] to see if it appears mountable.
     If the file system does not appear mountable, it  is  fixed,
     using fsck, before the mount is attempted.

     umountall causes  all  mounted  file  systems  except  root,
     /proc,  /var,  and  /usr  to be unmounted.  If the FSType is
     specified mountall and umountall limit their actions to  the
     FSType specified.

     The options are:

     -F        Specify the File System type   to  be  mounted  or
               unmounted.  If  FSType  is specified the action is
               limited to file systems of this FSType.

     -l        Limit the action to local file systems.

     -r        Limit the action to remote file system types.

     -k        Send a SIGKILL signal to processes that have files
               opened.

DIAGNOSTICS
     No messages are printed if the file  systems  are  mountable
     and clean.

     Error and warning messages come from fsck(1M) and mount(1M).

SEE ALSO
     fsck(1M), fuser(1M), mount(1M), vfstab(4), mnttab(4).
     signal(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.





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