getmntent(3C)                                                 getmntent(3C)


   NAME
         getmntent, getmntany - get mnttab file entry

   SYNOPSIS
         #include <stdio.h>
         #include <sys/mnttab.h>

         int getmntent (FILE *fp, struct mnttab *mp);

         int getmntany (FILE *fp, struct mnttab *mp, struct mnttab *mpref);

   DESCRIPTION
         getmntent and getmntany each fill in the structure pointed to by mp
         with the broken-out fields of a line in the /etc/mnttab file.  Each
         line in the file contains a mnttab structure, declared in the
         sys/mnttab.h header file:

               struct mnttab {
                     char  *mntspecial;
                     char  *mntmountp;
                     char  *mntfstype;
                     char  *mntmntopts;
                     char  *mnttime;
               };


         The fields have meanings described in mnttab(4).

         getmntent returns a pointer to the next mnttab structure in the file;
         so successive calls can be used to search the entire file.  getmntany
         searches the file referenced by fp until a match is found between a
         line in the file and mref.  mref matches the line if all non-NULL
         entries in mref match the corresponding fields in the file.

         Note that these routines do not open, close, or rewind the file.

   FILES
         /etc/mnttab

   DIAGNOSTICS
         If the next entry is successfully read by getmntent or a match is
         found with getmntany, 0 is returned.  If an end-of-file is
         encountered on reading, these functions return -1.  If an error is
         encountered, a value greater than 0 is returned.  The possible error
         values are:

         MNTTOOLONG         A line in the file exceeded the internal buffer
                             size of MNTLINEMAX.





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   getmntent(3C)                                                 getmntent(3C)


         MNTTOOMANY         A line in the file contains too many fields.

         MNTTOOFEW          A line in the file contains too few fields.

   NOTES
         The members of the mnttab structure point to information contained in
         a static area, so it must be copied if it is to be saved.

   SEE ALSO
         mnttab(4).











































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