NAME

mnttab − mounted file system table

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <mnttab.h>

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: Large Machine/SVID

Origin: System V

DESCRIPTION

Mnttab resides in directory /etc and contains a table of devices, mounted by the mount(1M) command, in the following structure as defined by <mnttab.h>:

MNTLEN
is 32.

The maximum number of entries in
mnttab
is based on the system parameter

NMOUNT
located in
/usr/include/mnttab.h,
which defines the number of allowable mounted
special files.

WARNING

The table is present only for programs to return information about the mounted file systems.  It does not matter to mount if there are duplicated entries nor to umount if a name cannot be found. 

SEE ALSO

mount(1M), setmnt(1M). 
 
 
 

Hewlett-Packard  —  last mod. May 11, 2021