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NAME		mount  --  mount file system
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SYNOPSIS	/etc/mount\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b__________ special file
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DESCRIPTION	mount\b\b\b\b\b_____
announces to the system that a removable file system
is present on the device corresponding to special
file special\b\b\b\b\b\b\b_______ (which must refer to a disk or possibly DECtape).
The file\b\b\b\b____ must exist already; it
becomes the name of the root of the newly mounted
file system.
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FILES		--
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SEE ALSO	umount(VIII)
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DIAGNOSTICS	"?",
if the special file is already in use, cannot be read,
or if file\b\b\b\b____ does not exist.
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BUGS		Should be usable only by the super-user.
Mounting file systems full of garbage can crash the system.
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	2	.he 'MOUNT (VIII)'1/20/73'MOUNT (VIII)'
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	4	NAME mount -- mount file system
	5	.sp
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	7	SYNOPSIS /etc/mount\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b__________ special file
	8	.sp
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	10	DESCRIPTION mount\b\b\b\b\b_____
	11	announces to the system that a removable file system
	12	is present on the device corresponding to special
	13	file special\b\b\b\b\b\b\b_______ (which must refer to a disk or possibly DECtape).
	14	The file\b\b\b\b____ must exist already; it
	15	becomes the name of the root of the newly mounted
	16	file system.
	17	.sp
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	19	FILES --
	20	.sp
	21	.ti 0
	22	SEE ALSO umount(VIII)
	23	.sp
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	25	DIAGNOSTICS "?",
	26	if the special file is already in use, cannot be read,
	27	or if file\b\b\b\b____ does not exist.
	28	.sp
	29	.ti 0
	30	BUGS Should be usable only by the super-user.
	31	Mounting file systems full of garbage can crash the system.