v7 man page for mtab

Query: mtab

OS: v7

Section: 5

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

MTAB(5) 							File Formats Manual							   MTAB(5)

NAME
mtab - mounted file system table
DESCRIPTION
Mtab resides in directory /etc and contains a table of devices mounted by the mount command. Umount removes entries. Each entry is 64 bytes long; the first 32 are the null-padded name of the place where the special file is mounted; the second 32 are the null-padded name of the special file. The special file has all its directories stripped away; that is, everything through the last `/' is thrown away. This table is present only so people can look at it. It does not matter to mount if there are duplicated entries nor to umount if a name cannot be found.
FILES
/etc/mtab
SEE ALSO
mount(1) MTAB(5)
Related Man Pages
mount.nfs(8) - debian
mount(2) - v7
fstab(5) - minix
mount.nfs(8) - suse
mount.nfs(8) - xfree86
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