NAME

fstab − file-system-table

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/fstab file contains information about file systems for use by mount(1M) and mountall(1M). Each entry in /etc/fstab has the following format:

column 1block special file name of file system or advertised
remote resource

column 2mount-point directory

column 3(optional) "−r" if to be mounted read-only; "−d[r]" 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 file-system-table might read:

/dev/dsk/c1d4s2 /usr  S54K
/dev/dsk/c1d1s2 /usr/src -rAFFS
adv_resource /mnt -d
server:/usr/src/usr/srcNFS, soft

FILES

/etc/fstab

SEE ALSO

mount(1M), mountall(1M)

September 02, 1992