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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-10-26 00:37:06 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-10-26 00:37:06 +0000 |
commit | 01d43ab29c5618b38c41c75e5b155afc5b05f1dd (patch) | |
tree | b3543c61a16271eb382ee68f04b4bc10769e6240 /share/man/man5/fstab.5 | |
parent | 79664bbfef78e407d77f500003f78b59577ca8b6 (diff) |
Some share/man fleshing.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man5/fstab.5')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/fstab.5 | 33 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/fstab.5 b/share/man/man5/fstab.5 index 980184775f7..c03825a128f 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/fstab.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/fstab.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fstab.5,v 1.13 2000/10/13 04:09:21 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fstab.5,v 1.14 2000/10/26 00:37:04 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: fstab.5,v 1.5.2.1 1995/11/16 20:11:11 pk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993 @@ -43,31 +43,29 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <fstab.h> .Sh DESCRIPTION -The file -.Nm fstab -contains descriptive information about the various file -systems. -.Nm fstab +The +.Nm +file contains descriptive information about the various file systems. +.Nm is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system administrator to properly create and maintain this file. Each filesystem is described on a separate line; fields on each line are separated by tabs or spaces. The order of records in -.Nm fstab +.Nm is important because .Xr fsck 8 , .Xr mount 8 , and .Xr umount 8 sequentially iterate through -.Nm fstab +.Nm doing their thing. .Pp The first field, .Fa fs_spec , -describes the block special device or -remote filesystem to be mounted. +describes the block special device or remote filesystem to be mounted. For filesystems of type .Tn ffs , the special file name is the block special file name, @@ -75,8 +73,7 @@ and not the character special file name. If a program needs the character special file name, the program must create it by appending an .Dq r -after the -last +after the last .Dq / in the special file name. .Pp @@ -134,8 +131,7 @@ describes the mount options associated with the filesystem. It is formatted as a comma separated list of options. It contains at least the type of mount (see .Fa fs_type -below) plus any additional options -appropriate to the filesystem type. +below) plus any additional options appropriate to the filesystem type. .Pp The option .Dq auto @@ -150,13 +146,11 @@ If the options .Dq userquota and/or .Dq groupquota -are specified, -the filesystem is automatically processed by the +are specified, the filesystem is automatically processed by the .Xr quotacheck 8 command, and user and/or group disk quotas are enabled with .Xr quotaon 8 . -By default, -filesystem quotas are maintained in files named +By default, filesystem quotas are maintained in files named .Pa quota.user and .Pa quota.group @@ -193,8 +187,7 @@ If .Fa fs_type is .Dq sw -then the special file is made available as a piece of swap -space by the +then the special file is made available as a piece of swap space by the .Xr swapon 8 command at the end of the system reboot procedure. The fields other than |