ANSIfication; bug report 4.3BSD/bin/223

[unix-history] / usr / src / sbin / mount / mount.8

diff --git a/usr/src/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/usr/src/sbin/mount/mount.8
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+++ b/usr/src/sbin/mount/mount.8
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-.\"    @(#)mount.8     6.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)mount.8     6.3 (Berkeley) %G%

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 .TH MOUNT 8 ""
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
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 .TH MOUNT 8 ""
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME

-mount, umount \- mount and dismount file system
+mount, umount \- mount and dismount file systems

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH SYNOPSIS

-.B /etc/mount
-[ special name [
-.B \-r
-] ]
+.nf
+.B mount [-afrw]
+.B mount [-frw] special | node
+.B mount [-frw] special node

 .PP
 .PP

-.B /etc/mount
-.B \-a
-.PP
-.B /etc/umount
-special
-.PP
-.B /etc/umount
-.B \-a
+.B umount [-a]
+.B umount special | node
+.fi

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Mount
 .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 argument
-.B \-r
-indicates that the file system
-is to be mounted read-only.
+announces to the system that a removable file system is present on the
+block device \fIspecial\fP.  The file \fInode\fP must exist already and
+it must be a directory.  It becomes the name of the newly mounted root.
+The optional arguments \fI-r\fP and \fI-w\fP indicate that the file
+system is to be mounted read-only or read-write, respectively.  If
+either \fIspecial\fP or \fIfile\fP are not provided, the appropriate
+information is taken from the \fIfstab\fP file.  The \fI-f\fP option
+causes everything to be done except for the actual system call; if it's
+not obvious, this ``fakes'' mounting the file system.

 .PP
 .I Umount
 .PP
 .I Umount

-announces to the system that the removable file system previously
-mounted on device
-.I special
-is to be removed.
+announces to the system that the removable file system \fInode\fP
+or whatever removable file system was previously mounted on device
+\fIspecial\fP should be removed.

 .PP
 .PP

-If the
-.B \-a
-option is present for either
+If the \fI-a\fP option is present for either

 .I mount
 or
 .I umount,
 all of the file systems described in
 .I mount
 or
 .I umount,
 all of the file systems described in

-.I /etc/fstab
-are attempted to be mounted or unmounted.
-In this case,
-.I special
-and
-.I name
-are taken from
-.I /etc/fstab.
-The
-.I special
-file name from
-.I /etc/fstab
-is the block special name.
+.I fstab
+are mounted or unmounted.

 .PP
 These commands
 .PP
 These commands

-maintain a table of mounted devices in
+maintain a list of currently mounted file systems in

 .I /etc/mtab.
 If invoked without an argument,
 .I mount
 .I /etc/mtab.
 If invoked without an argument,
 .I mount

-prints the table.
+prints the list.

 .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
 .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
+/etc/mtab              mount table

 .br
 /etc/fstab     file system table
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .br
 /etc/fstab     file system table
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-mount(2),
-mtab(5), fstab(5)
+mount(2), fstab(5), mtab(5)

 .SH BUGS
 .SH BUGS

-Mounting file systems full of garbage will crash the system.
-.br
+Mounting garbaged file systems will crash the system.
+.PP

 Mounting a root directory on a non-directory
 makes some apparently good pathnames invalid.
 Mounting a root directory on a non-directory
 makes some apparently good pathnames invalid.