MTAB(5) — UNIX Programmer’s Manual
NAME
/etc/mtab − mounted file system table
SYNOPSIS
#include <mntent.h>
/etc/mtab
DESCRIPTION
Mtab 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 fstab(5). There are a number of lines of the form: fsname dir type opts freq passno for example: /dev/zd0a / 4.2 rw,noquota 1 2
The file is read by programs using getmntent(3), and can only be modified by the system administrator using a text editor.
FILES
/etc/mtab
SEE ALSO
getmntent(3), fstab(5), mount(8)
4BSD