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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/fstab.5')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/fstab.5 b/sys-utils/fstab.5 index 3d128a7b9..91c31576c 100644 --- a/sys-utils/fstab.5 +++ b/sys-utils/fstab.5 @@ -160,10 +160,6 @@ denotes a file or partition to be used for swapping, cf.\& .BR swapon (8). An entry -.I ignore -causes the line to be ignored. This is useful -to show disk partitions which are currently unused. -An entry .I none is useful for bind or move mounts. @@ -205,6 +201,8 @@ allow a user to mount allow device owner to mount .TP .B comment +or +.B x-<name> for use by fstab-maintaining programs .TP .B nofail @@ -240,22 +238,27 @@ or zero, a value of zero is returned and will assume that the filesystem does not need to be checked. .RE +.SH NOTES The proper way to read records from .B fstab is to use the routines .BR getmntent (3) or .BR libmount . + +The keyword +.B ignore +as filesystem type (3rd field) is not more supported by the pure +libmount based mount utility (since util-linux v2.22). + .SH FILES .IR /etc/fstab , .I <fstab.h> .SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR findmnt (8), .BR mount (8), .BR swapon (8), .BR fs (5), -.BR nfs (5), -.BR xfs (5), -.BR proc (5), .BR getmntent (3) .SH HISTORY The ancestor of this |