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Name

mnttab - mounted file system table

Description

The file mnttab resides in /etc and contains information about devices that are currently mounted. mnttab is read by programs using the routines described in getmntent(3C) . mount(1M) adds entries to this file. umount removes entries from this file. Each entry is a line of fields separated by spaces in the form:

special   mount_point   fstype   options   time

where

special
The name of the resource to be mounted.
mount_point
The pathname of the directory on which the filesystem is mounted.
fstype
The file system type of the mounted file system.
options
The mount options. (See repective mount file system man page below in SEE ALSO.)
time
The time at which the file system was mounted.

Examples of entries for the special field include the pathname of a block-special device, the name of a remote filesystem in host:pathname form, or the name of a ‘‘swap file’’ (for instance, a file made with mkfile(1M) ).

Files

/etc/mnttab

See Also

mkfile(1M) , mount_cachefs(1M) , mount_hsfs(1M) , mount_nfs(1M) , mount_pcfs(1M) , mount_ufs(1M) , mount(1M) , setmnt(1M) , getmntent(3C)

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