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.th MOUNT II 8/5/73
.sh NAME
mount \*- mount file system
.sh SYNOPSIS
(mount = 21.)
.br
.ft B
sys  mount; special; name
.ft R
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Mount
announces to the system that a removable file system has
been mounted on
the block-structured special file
.it special;
from now on, references to file
.it name
will refer to
the root file on the newly mounted file system.
.it Special
and
.it name
are pointers to null-terminated strings
containing the appropriate path names.
.s3
.it Name
must exist already. 
Its old contents
are inaccessible while the file system
is mounted.
.sh "SEE ALSO"
mount(I), umount(II)
.sh DIAGNOSTICS
Error bit
(c-bit) set if:
.it special
is inaccessible or not an appropriate file;
.it name
does not exist;
.it special
is already mounted;
there are already too many
file systems mounted.
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	2	.sh NAME
	3	mount \*- mount file system
	4	.sh SYNOPSIS
	5	(mount = 21.)
	6	.br
	7	.ft B
	8	sys mount; special; name
	9	.ft R
	10	.sh DESCRIPTION
	11	.it Mount
	12	announces to the system that a removable file system has
	13	been mounted on
	14	the block-structured special file
	15	.it special;
	16	from now on, references to file
	17	.it name
	18	will refer to
	19	the root file on the newly mounted file system.
	20	.it Special
	21	and
	22	.it name
	23	are pointers to null-terminated strings
	24	containing the appropriate path names.
	25	.s3
	26	.it Name
	27	must exist already.
	28	Its old contents
	29	are inaccessible while the file system
	30	is mounted.
	31	.sh "SEE ALSO"
	32	mount(I), umount(II)
	33	.sh DIAGNOSTICS
	34	Error bit
	35	(c-bit) set if:
	36	.it special
	37	is inaccessible or not an appropriate file;
	38	.it name
	39	does not exist;
	40	.it special
	41	is already mounted;
	42	there are already too many
	43	file systems mounted.