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.TH MTAB 5  "26 June 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
mtab \- mounted file system table
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "#include <fstab.h>
.br
.B "#include <mtab.h>"
.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
The table is a series of
.I mtab
structures, as defined in
.IR < mtab.h >.
Each entry contains the null-padded name of
the place where the special file is mounted,
the null-padded name of the special file, and
a type field, one of those defined in
.RI < fstab.h >.
The special file has all its directories
stripped away;
that is, everything through the last `/' is thrown
away.  The type field indicates if the file system
is mounted read-only, read-write, or read-write with
disk quotas enabled.
.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(8)
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8112f3d2 C	1	.TH MTAB 5 "26 June 1983"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	mtab \- mounted file system table
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B "#include <fstab.h>
	7	.br
	8	.B "#include <mtab.h>"
	9	.SH DESCRIPTION
	10	.I Mtab
	11	resides in directory
	12	.I /etc
	13	and contains a table of devices mounted by the
	14	.I mount
	15	command.
	16	.I Umount
	17	removes entries.
	18	.PP
	19	The table is a series of
	20	.I mtab
	21	structures, as defined in
	22	.IR < mtab.h >.
	23	Each entry contains the null-padded name of
	24	the place where the special file is mounted,
	25	the null-padded name of the special file, and
	26	a type field, one of those defined in
	27	.RI < fstab.h >.
	28	The special file has all its directories
	29	stripped away;
	30	that is, everything through the last `/' is thrown
	31	away. The type field indicates if the file system
	32	is mounted read-only, read-write, or read-write with
	33	disk quotas enabled.
	34	.PP
	35	This table is present only so people can look at it.
	36	It does not matter to
	37	.I mount
	38	if there are duplicated entries nor
	39	to
	40	.I umount
	41	if a name cannot be found.
	42	.SH FILES
	43	/etc/mtab
	44	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	45	mount(8)