| 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) |