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 File Formats                                        default_fs(4)
 
 
 


NAME
      default_fs, fs - specify the default file  system  type  for
      local or remote file systems
 


DESCRIPTION
      When file system administration commands have both  specific
      and  generic  components  (for  example, fsck(1M)), the file
      system type must be  specified.  If  it  is  not  explicitly
      specified  using the -F FSType command line option, the gen-
      eric command looks in /etc/vfstab in order to determine  the
      file  system type, using the supplied raw or block device or
      mount point.  If the file system type can not be  determined
      by  searching  /etc/vfstab, the command will use the default
      file system type  specified  in  either  /etc/default/fs  or
      /etc/dfs/dfstypes,  depending  on whether the file system is
      local or remote.
 
      The  default  local  file  system  type  is   specified   in
      /etc/default/fs  by  a  line  of  the form LOCAL=fstype (for
      example, LOCAL=ufs). The default remote file system type  is
      determined by the first entry in the /etc/dfs/fstypes file.
 
      File system administration commands will  determine  whether
      the  file  system is local or remote by examining the speci-
      fied device name.  If the device   name  starts  with  ``/''
      (slash),  it  is  considered  to  be  local; otherwise it is
      remote.
 
      The default file system types can be changed by editing  the
      default files with a text editor.
 


FILES
      /etc/vfstab"
            list of default parameters for each file system
 
      /etc/default/fs
            the default local file system type
 
      /etc/dfs/fstypes
            the default remote file system type
 


SEE ALSO
      fsck(1M), fstypes(4), vfstab(4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 20 Mar 1992                    1
 
 
 

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