mount(1M)                                                         mount(1M)


   NAME
         mount, umount (generic) - mount or unmount file systems and remote
         resources

   SYNOPSIS
         mount [-v |-p]
         mount [-F FSType] [-V] [current_options] [-o specific_options]
         {special | mount_point}
         mount [-F FSType] [-V] [current_options] [-o specific_options]
         special mount_point
         umount [-V] [-o specific_options] {special | mount_point}

   DESCRIPTION
         File systems other than root ( / ) are considered removable in the
         sense that they can be either available to users or unavailable.
         mount notifies the system that special, a block special device or a
         remote resource, is available to users from the mount_point which
         must already exist; it becomes the name of the root of the newly
         mounted special or resource.

         mount, when entered with arguments, validates all arguments  except
         for the device name and invokes a FSType specific mount module.  If
         invoked with no arguments, mount lists all the mounted file systems
         from the mount table.  If invoked with any of the following partial
         argument lists, for example, one of special or mount_point or when
         both arguments are specified but no  FSType is specified mount will
         search /etc/vfstab to fill in the missing arguments:  FSType,
         special, mount_point, and specific_options.  It will then invoke the
         FSType-specific mount module.

         Most FSTypes do not have a umount specific module. If one exists it
         is executed otherwise the generic  unmounts the file systems.  If the
         -o option is specified the umount specific module is always executed.

         current_options are options supported by the s5-specific module of
         mount and umount.  Other FSTypes do not necessarily support these
         options.  specific_options indicate suboptions specified in a comma-
         separated list of suboptions and/or keyword-attribute pairs for
         interpretation by the FSType-specific module of the command.

         The options are:

         -v        Print the output in a new style.  The new output has the
                   FSType and flags displayed in addition to the old output.
                   The mount_point and special fields are reversed.

         -p        Print the list of mounted file systems in the /etc/vfstab
                   format.





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         -F        used to specify the FSType on which to operate. The FSType
                   must be specified or must be determinable from /etc/vfstab
                   while mounting a file system.

         -V        Echo the complete command line, but do not execute the
                   command.  The command line is generated by using the
                   options and arguments provided by the user and adding to
                   them information derived from /etc/vfstab.  This option
                   should be used to verify and validate the command line.

         -o        used to specify FSType-specific options.

         mount can be used by any user to list mounted file systems and
         resources.  Only a super-user can mount or unmount file systems.

   NOTES
         The old output format will be phased out in a future release and all
         output will be in the new -v format. The most significant changes are
         the addition of two new fields to show the FSType and flags and the
         reversal of the mount_point and special name.

         mount adds an entry to the mount table /etc/mnttab; umount removes an
         entry from the table.

   FILES
         /etc/mnttab      mount table
         /etc/vfstab      list of default parameters for each file system.

   SEE ALSO
         setmnt(1M), mountfsys(1M), umountfsys(1M), mnttab(4), vfstab(4).
         Manual pages for the FSType-specific modules of mount.






















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