NAME

mtab − mounted file system table

SYNOPSIS

/etc/mtab

#include <mntent.h>

DESCRIPTION

mtab resides in the /etc directory, and contains a table of filesystems currently mounted by the mount(8) 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 fstab(5).  There are a number of lines of the form:

fsname dir type opts freq passno

for example:

/dev/xy0a / 4.2 rw,noquota 1 2

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

FILES

/etc/mtab

/etc/fstab

SEE ALSO

getmntent(3), fstab(5), mount(8)

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  19 October 1987