vfstab(4)                        UNIX System V                        vfstab(4)


NAME
      vfstab - table of file system defaults

SYNOPSIS
      #include <sys/fstyp.h>
      #include <sys/param.h>
      #include <sys/vfstab.h>

DESCRIPTION
      The file /etc/vfstab describes defaults for each file system.  The
      information is in the following structure, defined in <sys/vfstab.h>:

            struct vfstab {
                  char   *vfs_special;
                  char   *vfs_fsckdev;
                  char   *vfs_mountp;
                  char   *vfs_fstype;
                  char   *vfs_fsckpass;
                  char   *vfs_automnt;
                  char   *vfs_mntopts;
            };

      The fields in the table are space-separated and show the block special or
      resource name, the raw device to fsck, the default mount directory, the
      name of the file system type, the number used by fsck to decide whether
      to check the file system automatically, whether the file system should be
      mounted automatically by mountall, and the mount options.  A '-' is used
      to indicate no entry in a field.

      The getvfsent(3C) family of routines are used to read and write to
      /etc/vfstab.

NOTES
      Do not store information in the vfstab file other than the fields
      described above;  fields may be added to this file in future releases and
      are reserved for future use.

SEE ALSO
      fsck(1M), mount(1M), setmnt(1M).
      getvfsent(3C) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
      See the chapter on file systems in the System Administrator's Guide.













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