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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)mtab.5      6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH MTAB 5  "May 15, 1985"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: mtab \- mounted file system table
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B "#include <fstab.h>
                      9: .br
                     10: .B "#include <mtab.h>"
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Mtab
                     13: resides in directory
                     14: .I /etc
                     15: and contains a table of devices mounted by the
                     16: .I mount
                     17: command.
                     18: .I Umount
                     19: removes entries.
                     20: .PP
                     21: The table is a series of
                     22: .I mtab
                     23: structures, as defined in
                     24: .IR < mtab.h >.
                     25: Each entry contains the null-padded name of
                     26: the place where the special file is mounted,
                     27: the null-padded name of the special file, and
                     28: a type field, one of those defined in
                     29: .RI < fstab.h >.
                     30: The special file has all its directories
                     31: stripped away;
                     32: that is, everything through the last `/' is thrown
                     33: away.  The type field indicates if the file system
                     34: is mounted read-only, read-write, or read-write with
                     35: disk quotas enabled.
                     36: .PP
                     37: This table is present only so people can look at it.
                     38: It does not matter to
                     39: .I mount
                     40: if there are duplicated entries nor
                     41: to
                     42: .I umount
                     43: if a name cannot be found.
                     44: .SH FILES
                     45: /etc/mtab
                     46: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     47: mount(8)

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