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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) |