NAME

/etc/mtab − mounted file system table

SYNOPSIS

#include <mntent.h>

DESCRIPTION

Mtab resides in the /etc directory, and contains a table of filesystems currently mounted by the mount command.  Umount removes entries from this file. 

The file contains a line of information for each mounted filesystem, structurally identical to the contents of /etc/fstab, described in mntent(4). There are a number of lines of the form:

fsname  dir  type  opts  freq  passno

For example:

/dev/si0a  /  efs  rw,raw=/dev/rsi0a  0  0

The file is accessed by programs using getmntent(3C), and by the system administrator using a text editor.

FILES

/etc/mtab

SEE ALSO

mount(1M), getmntent(3C), mntent(4). 

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987