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.TH MTAB 5 
.SH NAME
mtab \- mounted file system table
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mtab
resides in directory
.I /etc
and contains a table of devices mounted by the
.I mount
command.
.I Umount
removes entries.
.PP
Each entry is 64 bytes long;
the first 32 are the null-padded name of the
place where the special file is mounted;
the second 32 are the null-padded name of the special
file.
The special file has all its directories
stripped away;
that is, everything through the last `/' is thrown
away.
.PP
This table is present only so people can look at it.
It does not matter to
.I mount
if there are duplicated entries nor
to
.I umount
if a name cannot be found.
.SH FILES
/etc/mtab
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mount(1)
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e6817382 BJ	1	.TH MTAB 5
	2	.SH NAME
	3	mtab \- mounted file system table
	4	.SH DESCRIPTION
	5	.I Mtab
	6	resides in directory
	7	.I /etc
	8	and contains a table of devices mounted by the
	9	.I mount
	10	command.
	11	.I Umount
	12	removes entries.
	13	.PP
	14	Each entry is 64 bytes long;
	15	the first 32 are the null-padded name of the
	16	place where the special file is mounted;
	17	the second 32 are the null-padded name of the special
	18	file.
	19	The special file has all its directories
	20	stripped away;
	21	that is, everything through the last `/' is thrown
	22	away.
	23	.PP
	24	This table is present only so people can look at it.
	25	It does not matter to
	26	.I mount
	27	if there are duplicated entries nor
	28	to
	29	.I umount
	30	if a name cannot be found.
	31	.SH FILES
	32	/etc/mtab
	33	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	34	mount(1)