Museum

Home

Lab Overview

Retrotechnology Articles

Online Manuals

⇒ fstab(4) — sys5 — Apollo Domain/OS SR10.3.5

Media Vault

Software Library

Restoration Projects

Artifacts Sought

Related Articles

mount(1M)

FSTAB(4)                             SysV                             FSTAB(4)



NAME
     fstab - file system table

DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/fstab file contains information about file systems for use by
     mount(1M).  In Domain/OS SysV, /etc/fstab is a link to
     `node_data/etc/fstab.  Programs only read /etc/fstab, and do not write to
     it.  It the system administrator's duty to create and maintain this file
     properly.

     /etc/fstab consists of seven fields separated by white space and
     representing the following:

     Field 1:  Block special device name.

     Field 2:  File system path prefix.

     Field 3:  File system type (informational purposes only).  For SysV, this
               should always be 5.3.

     Field 4:  Mount options.  rw or ro in this field designates a file system
               normally mounted read-write or read-only on the specified
               special file.

     Field 5:  Ignored.  cluded for compatibility with mntab )

     Field 6:  For future use.

     Field 7:  For future use.

     Empty lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

FILES
     /etc/fstab

SEE ALSO
     mount(1M) in Managing SysV System Software.

Typewritten Software • bear@typewritten.org • Edmonds, WA 98026