vfstab

 

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 File Formats                                            vfstab(4)
 
 
 


NAME
      vfstab - table of file system defaults
 


DESCRIPTION
      The file /etc/vfstab describes defaults for each  file  sys-
      tem. The information is stored in a table with the following
      column headings:
 
      device       device       mount      FS      fsck    mount      mount
      to mount     to fsck      point      type    pass    at boot    options
 
      The fields in the table are  space-separated  and  show  the
      resource  name  (device  to  mount), the raw device to  fsck
      (device to fsck), the default mount directory  mount(point),
      the  name of the file system type (FS type), the number used
      by  fsck to decide whether to check the file system automat-
      ically  (fsck  pass),  whether  the  file  system  should be
      mounted automatically by  mountall  mount(at boot), and  the
      file  system  mount options  mount(options). (See respective
      mount file system man page below in   SEE  ALSO  for   mount
      options.)  A  '-'  is  used to indicate no entry in a field.
      This may be used when a field does not apply to the resource
      being mounted.
 
      The getvfsent(3C) family of routines is  used  to  read  and
      write to /etc/vfstab.
 
      /etc/vfstab may be used to specify swap areas. An  entry  so
      specified,  (which can be a file or a device), will automat-
      ically be added as a swap area by the  /sbin/swapadd  script
      when  the system boots. To specify a swap area,  the device-
      to-mount field contains the name of the swap file or device,
      the  FS-type  is "swap", mount-at-boot is "no" and all other
      fields have no entry.
 


SEE ALSO
      fsck(1M),  mount(1M),   mount_cachefs(1M),   mount_hsfs(1M),
      mount_nfs(1M),   mount_tmpfs(1M),  mount_ufs(1M),  swap(1M),
      getvfsent(3C)
 
      System Administration Guide, Volume 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 17 Aug 1999                    1
 
 
 

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