FSTAB(5)                             BSD                              FSTAB(5)



NAME
     fstab - static information about the filesystems

DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/fstab file contains descriptive information about the various
     file systems.  In Domain/OS BSD, /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.  The order of records in /etc/fstab is important because mount
     and umount sequentially iterate through /etc/fstab performing their
     respective functions.

     /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 BSD, this
               should always be 4.3.

     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.

     Field 6:  For future use.

     Field 7:  For future use.

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

FILES
     /etc/fstab

SEE ALSO
     getfsent(3X).
     mount(8) in Managing BSD System Software.