MTAB(5) UNIX Programmer's Manual MTAB(5)
mtab - mounted file system table
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\bSY
\bYN
\bNO
\bOP
\bPS
\bSI
\bIS
\bS
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\b#i
\bin
\bnc
\bcl
\blu
\bud
\bde
\be <
\b<f
\bfs
\bst
\bta
\bab
\bb.
\b.h
\bh>
\b>
#
\b#i
\bin
\bnc
\bcl
\blu
\bud
\bde
\be <
\b<m
\bmt
\bta
\bab
\bb.
\b.h
\bh>
\b>
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\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bCR
\bRI
\bIP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bN
_
\bM_
\bt_
\ba_
\bb resides in directory /_
\be_
\bt_
\bc and contains a table of dev-
ices mounted by the _
\bm_
\bo_
\bu_
\bn_
\bt command. _
\bU_
\bm_
\bo_
\bu_
\bn_
\bt removes entries.
The table is a series of _
\bm_
\bt_
\ba_
\bb structures, as defined in
<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 <_
\bf_
\bs_
\bt_
\ba_
\bb._
\bh>. The special file has all its direc-
tories 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
This table is present only so people can look at it. It
does not matter to _
\bm_
\bo_
\bu_
\bn_
\bt if there are duplicated entries nor
to _
\bu_
\bm_
\bo_
\bu_
\bn_
\bt if a name cannot be found.
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\bSE
\bEE
\bE A
\bAL
\bLS
\bSO
\bO
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