FSTAB(5)
NAME
fstab - table of remote file systems used by local host
USAGE
read by mount and umount commands
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/fstab file contains information about file systems mounted by the local host. Users maintain this file by producing formatted file system entries with the mount command and its -p option, then manually adding the entries to the /etc/fstab file with a text editor.
The mount and umount commands process the entries from top to bottom. The entries must therefore appear in proper sequence; i.e., a file system mounted within another file system must appear below that file system.
An entry occupies a single line and contains the following information:
host:fsname gwname type args 0 0
where:
host:fsname remote host name, colon (:), and file system name
gwname gateway object pathname (remote file systems) or temporary directory pathname (removable file systems)
type file system type specified at mount time with mount command’s -t option (possible values are 4.2, nfs, and pc; default is nfs)
args argument(s) specified at mount time with mount command’s -o option (default is hard)
0 0 Unused
Entries in the /etc/mtab file have the same format.
EXAMPLE
bonmot:/usr /bonmot_usr nfs soft 0 0
FILES
/etc/fstab