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.TH MOUNT 1M 
.SH NAME
mount, umount \- mount and dismount file system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/mount
[ special name [
.B \-r
] ]
.PP
.B /etc/umount
special
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mount
announces to the system that a removable file system
is present on the device
.I special.
The file
.I name
must exist already; it
must be a directory (unless the root of the
mounted file system is not a directory).
It becomes the name of the newly mounted root.
The optional last argument indicates that the file system
is to be mounted read-only.
.PP
.I Umount
announces to the system that the removable file system previously
mounted on device
.I special
is to be removed.
.PP
These commands
maintain a table of mounted devices.
If invoked without an argument,
.I mount
prints the table.
.PP
Physically write-protected and magnetic tape file
systems must be mounted read-only
or errors will occur when access times are updated,
whether or not any explicit write is attempted.
.SH FILES
/etc/mtab	mount table
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mount(2),
mtab(5)
.SH BUGS
Mounting file systems full of garbage will crash the system.
.br
Mounting a root directory on a non-directory
makes some apparently good pathnames invalid.
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e6817382 BJ	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.