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| author | Karel Zak | 2010-03-15 14:36:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2010-03-15 14:36:22 +0100 |
| commit | c47381d1b37af477c15711d9a1a559b577bf7f4d (patch) | |
| tree | 46d6d7a351bcb8586f5b06f57c67369ca1c6848c /mount/mount.8 | |
| parent | mount: report ambivalent FS detection, improve brute force detection (diff) | |
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mount: more explicitly explain fstab usage 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 ab8ccb0d3..07edb5c22 100644 --- a/mount/mount.8 +++ b/mount/mount.8 @@ -199,6 +199,34 @@ If no arguments are given to .BR mount , this list is printed. +The +.B mount +program does not read the +.I /etc/fstab +file if +.I device +(or LABEL/UUID) and +.I dir +are specified. For example: +.RS +.sp +.B "mount /dev/foo /dir" +.sp +.RE +If you want to override mount options from +.I /etc/fstab +you have to use: +.RS +.sp +.B "mount device|dir -o <options>" +.sp +.RE +and then the mount options from command line will be appended to +the list of options from +.IR /etc/fstab . +The usual behaviour is that the last option wins if there is more duplicated +options. + When the .I proc filesystem is mounted (say at |