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diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8 index e1ed6f4a3..097dee005 100644 --- a/mount/mount.8 +++ b/mount/mount.8 @@ -27,21 +27,22 @@ .\" Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, .\" USA. .\" -.\" 960705, aeb: version for mount-2.5k +.\" 960705, aeb: version for mount-2.7g .\" 970114, aeb: xiafs and ext are dead; romfs is new .\" 970623, aeb: -F option +.\" 970914, reg: -s option .\" -.TH MOUNT 8 "5 July 1996" "Linux 2.0" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH MOUNT 8 "14 September 1997" "Linux 2.0" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME mount \- mount a file system .SH SYNOPSIS .BI "mount [\-hV]" .LP -.BI "mount \-a [\-fFnrvw] [\-t " vfstype ] +.BI "mount \-a [\-fFnrsvw] [\-t " vfstype ] .br -.BI "mount [\-fnrvw] [\-o " options " [,...]] " "device " | " dir" +.BI "mount [\-fnrsvw] [\-o " options " [,...]] " "device " | " dir" .br -.BI "mount [\-fnrvw] [\-t " vfstype "] [\-o " options "] " "device dir" +.BI "mount [\-fnrsvw] [\-t " vfstype "] [\-o " options "] " "device dir" .SH DESCRIPTION All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at @@ -224,7 +225,8 @@ Mount all filesystems (of the given types) mentioned in (Used in conjunction with .BR \-a .) Fork off a new incarnation of mount for each device. -This will do the mounts on different devices in parallel. +This will do the mounts on different devices or different NFS servers +in parallel. This has the advantage that it is faster; also NFS timeouts go in parallel. A disadvantage is that the mounts are done in undefined order. Thus, you cannot use this option if you want to mount both @@ -249,6 +251,12 @@ This is necessary for example when .I /etc is on a read-only file system. .TP +.B \-s +Tolerate sloppy mount options rather than failing. This will ignore +mount options not supported by a filesystem type. Not all filesystems +support this option. This option exists for support of the Linux +autofs\-based automounter. +.TP .B \-r Mount the file system read-only. A synonym is .BR "\-o ro" . |