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1.1       root        1: .TH GETFSENT 3X  "19 January 1983"
                      2: .UC 4
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, getfstype, setfsent, endfsent \- get file system descriptor file entry
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .nf
                      7: .B #include <fstab.h>
                      8: .PP
                      9: .B struct fstab *getfsent()
                     10: .PP
                     11: .B struct fstab *getfsspec(spec)
                     12: .B char *spec;
                     13: .PP
                     14: .B struct fstab *getfsfile(file)
                     15: .B char *file;
                     16: .PP
                     17: .B struct fstab *getfstype(type)
                     18: .B char *type;
                     19: .PP
                     20: .B int setfsent()
                     21: .PP
                     22: .B int endfsent()
                     23: .fi
                     24: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     25: .IR Getfsent ,
                     26: .IR getfsspec ,
                     27: .IR getfstype ,
                     28: and
                     29: .I getfsfile
                     30: each return a pointer to an object with the following structure
                     31: containing the broken-out fields of a line in the file system description file,
                     32: .IR < fstab.h >.
                     33: .RS
                     34: .PP
                     35: .nf
                     36: struct fstab{
                     37:        char    *fs_spec;
                     38:        char    *fs_file;
                     39:        char    *fs_type;
                     40:        int     fs_freq;
                     41:        int     fs_passno;
                     42: };
                     43: .ft R
                     44: .ad
                     45: .fi
                     46: .RE
                     47: .PP
                     48: The fields have meanings described in
                     49: .IR fstab (5).
                     50: .PP
                     51: .I Getfsent
                     52: reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
                     53: .PP
                     54: .I Setfsent
                     55: opens and rewinds the file.
                     56: .PP
                     57: .I Endfsent
                     58: closes the file.
                     59: .PP
                     60: .I Getfsspec
                     61: and
                     62: .I getfsfile
                     63: sequentially search from the beginning of the file until a matching
                     64: special file name or file system file name is found,
                     65: or until EOF is encountered.
                     66: .I Getfstype
                     67: does likewise, matching on the file system type field.
                     68: .SH FILES
                     69: /etc/fstab
                     70: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     71: fstab(5)
                     72: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     73: Null pointer
                     74: (0) returned on EOF or error.
                     75: .SH BUGS
                     76: All information is contained in a static area so it must be copied if it is
                     77: to be saved.

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