MOUNTALL(1M) INTERACTIVE UNIX System MOUNTALL(1M)
NAME
mountall, umountall - mount, unmount multiple file systems
SYNOPSIS
/etc/mountall [-] [file-system-table] ...
/etc/umountall [-k]
DESCRIPTION
These commands may be executed only by the super-user.
The mountall command is used to mount file systems according
to a file-system-table. (/etc/fstab is the default file sys-
tem table.) The special file name "-" reads from the stan-
dard input.
Before each file system is mounted, it is checked using
fsstat(1M) to see if it appears mountable. If the file sys-
tem does not appear mountable, it is checked, using
fsck(1M), before the mount is attempted.
The umountall command causes all mounted file systems except
root to be unmounted. The -k option sends a SIGKILL signal,
via fuser(1M), to processes that have files open.
FILES
File-system-table format:
column 1 block special file name of file system
column 2 mount-point directory
column 3 "-r" if to be mounted read-only; "-d" if
remote
column 4 (optional) file system type string
column 5+ ignored
White space separates columns. Lines beginning with "#" are
comments. Empty lines are ignored.
A typical file-system-table might read:
/dev/dsk/0s1 /usr -r S51K
SEE ALSO
fsck(1M), fsstat(1M), fuser(1M), mount(1M).
signal(2), fstab(4) in the INTERACTIVE SDS Guide and
Programmer's Reference Manual.
DIAGNOSTICS
No messages are printed if the file systems are mountable
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and clean.
Error and warning messages come from fsck(1M), fsstat(1M),
and mount(1M).
NOTES
The information displayed in Column 3 will only appear if
the file system was mounted as a read-only or remote
resource.
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