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1.1       root        1: .TH GETFSENT 3
                      2: .CT 2 sa
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, setfsent, endfsent \(mi get file system description 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(name)
                     12: .B char *name;
                     13: .PP
                     14: .B struct fstab *getfsfile(name)
                     15: .B char *name;
                     16: .PP
                     17: .B int setfsent()
                     18: .PP
                     19: .B int endfsent()
                     20: .fi
                     21: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     22: .I Getfsent,
                     23: .I getfsspec
                     24: and
                     25: .I getfsfile
                     26: each return a pointer to a structure
                     27: containing the broken-out
                     28: fields of a line in
                     29: .IR fstab (5),
                     30: which describes mountable file systems.
                     31: .PP
                     32: .EX
                     33: .ta \w'struct 'u +\w'char fs_spec[FSNMLG]; 'u
                     34: struct fstab {
                     35:        char fs_spec[FSNMLG];   \fRblock device name\fP
                     36:        char fs_file[FSNMLG];   \fRfile system mount point\fP
                     37:        int fs_ftype;   \fRfile system type\fP
                     38:        int fs_flags;   \fRfile system flags\fP
                     39:        int fs_passno;  \fRpass number for parallel \fP\fIfsck\fR(8)\fP
                     40: };
                     41: .EE
                     42: .PP
                     43: Type numbers and flags are listed in
                     44: .IR fmount (2).
                     45: Entries that aren't file systems
                     46: (should not be mounted)
                     47: have negative values for
                     48: .LR fs_ftype :
                     49: .TP .7i
                     50: .L FSNONE
                     51: (\-1) Ignore this entry.
                     52: .PD 0
                     53: .TP
                     54: .L FSSWAP
                     55: (\-2)
                     56: .L fs_spec
                     57: is a device available for swapping.
                     58: .PD
                     59: .PP
                     60: .I Getfsent
                     61: reads the next line of the file, opening the file if necessary.
                     62: .PP
                     63: .I Setfsent
                     64: opens and rewinds the file.
                     65: .PP
                     66: .I Endfsent
                     67: closes the file.
                     68: .PP
                     69: .I Getfsspec
                     70: and
                     71: .I getfsfile
                     72: sequentially search from the beginning
                     73: of the file until a matching
                     74: special file name or
                     75: file system file name is found,
                     76: or until EOF
                     77: is encountered.
                     78: .SH FILES
                     79: .TP
                     80: .F /etc/fstab
                     81: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     82: .IR fmount (2),
                     83: .IR fstab (5)
                     84: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     85: Zero is returned on EOF
                     86: or error.
                     87: .SH BUGS
                     88: The return values point to static data
                     89: whose content is overwritten by each call.

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