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1 | .TH MOUNT 1M |
2 | .SH NAME | |
3 | mount, umount \- mount and dismount file system | |
4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
5 | .B /etc/mount | |
6 | [ special name [ | |
7 | .B \-r | |
8 | ] ] | |
9 | .PP | |
10 | .B /etc/umount | |
11 | special | |
12 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
13 | .I Mount | |
14 | announces to the system that a removable file system | |
15 | is present on the device | |
16 | .I special. | |
17 | The file | |
18 | .I name | |
19 | must exist already; it | |
20 | must be a directory (unless the root of the | |
21 | mounted file system is not a directory). | |
22 | It becomes the name of the newly mounted root. | |
23 | The optional last argument indicates that the file system | |
24 | is to be mounted read-only. | |
25 | .PP | |
26 | .I Umount | |
27 | announces to the system that the removable file system previously | |
28 | mounted on device | |
29 | .I special | |
30 | is to be removed. | |
31 | .PP | |
32 | These commands | |
33 | maintain a table of mounted devices. | |
34 | If invoked without an argument, | |
35 | .I mount | |
36 | prints the table. | |
37 | .PP | |
38 | Physically write-protected and magnetic tape file | |
39 | systems must be mounted read-only | |
40 | or errors will occur when access times are updated, | |
41 | whether or not any explicit write is attempted. | |
42 | .SH FILES | |
43 | /etc/mtab mount table | |
44 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
45 | mount(2), | |
46 | mtab(5) | |
47 | .SH BUGS | |
48 | Mounting file systems full of garbage will crash the system. | |
49 | .br | |
50 | Mounting a root directory on a non-directory | |
51 | makes some apparently good pathnames invalid. |