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authorKarel Zak2008-11-27 13:29:44 +0100
committerKarel Zak2008-11-27 13:29:44 +0100
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mount: create separate section for fs-independent options in mount.8
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8
index 1d5b5b6fd..f35b8c021 100644
--- a/mount/mount.8
+++ b/mount/mount.8
@@ -311,11 +311,11 @@ but some information is lost that way, and in particular
working with the loop device will be less convenient,
and using the "user" option will fail.
-.SH OPTIONS
-The full set of options used by an invocation of
+.SH COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
+The full set of mount options used by an invocation of
.B mount
is determined by first extracting the
-options for the file system from the
+mount options for the file system from the
.I fstab
table, then applying any options specified by the
.B \-o
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ argument, and finally applying a
.BR \-r " or " \-w
option, when present.
-Options available for the
+Command line options available for the
.B mount
command:
.TP
@@ -592,7 +592,32 @@ that are either ext2 or have the _netdev option specified.
.B \-o
Options are specified with a
.B \-o
-flag followed by a comma separated string of options.
+flag followed by a comma separated string of options. For example:
+.RS
+.RS
+.B "mount LABEL=mydisk \-o noatime,nouser"
+.RE
+
+For more details, see
+.B FILESYSTEM INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS
+and
+.B FILESYSTEM SPECIFIC MOUNT OPTIONS
+sections.
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \-B, \-\-bind
+Remount a subtree somewhere else (so that its contents are available
+in both places). See above.
+.TP
+.B \-R, \-\-rbind
+Remount a subtree and all possible submounts somewhere else (so that its
+contents are available in both places). See above.
+.TP
+.B \-M, \-\-move
+Move a subtree to some other place. See above.
+.RE
+
+.SH FILESYSTEM INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS
Some of these options are only useful when they appear in the
.I /etc/fstab
file.
@@ -605,7 +630,7 @@ The following options apply to any file system that is being
mounted (but not every file system actually honors them - e.g., the
.B sync
option today has effect only for ext2, ext3, fat, vfat and ufs):
-.RS
+
.TP
.B async
All I/O to the file system should be done asynchronously. (See also the
@@ -670,7 +695,7 @@ You can set the default security context for unlabeled files using
option. This overrides the value set for unlabeled files in the policy and requires a
file system that supports xattr labeling.
-For more details see
+For more details, see
.BR selinux (8)
.TP
@@ -818,18 +843,6 @@ This option implies the options
.BR noexec ", " nosuid ", and " nodev
(unless overridden by subsequent options, as in the option line
.BR users,exec,dev,suid ).
-.RE
-.TP
-.B \-B, \-\-bind
-Remount a subtree somewhere else (so that its contents are available
-in both places). See above.
-.TP
-.B \-R, \-\-rbind
-Remount a subtree and all possible submounts somewhere else (so that its
-contents are available in both places). See above.
-.TP
-.B \-M, \-\-move
-Move a subtree to some other place. See above.
.SH "FILESYSTEM SPECIFIC MOUNT OPTIONS"
The following options apply only to certain file systems.