A/UX® System Administrator's Reference Sections 1M, 7, and 8

mount(lM) mount(IM)
NAME
mount, umount - mount and dismount file systems
SYNOPSIS
/ etc/mount [-p]
/ etc/mount -a [frv] [-t type] [-T type]
/ etc/mount [-frv] [-t type] [-T type] [-0 options]
device-file mount-point
/etc/umount [-v] -h host
/etc/umount -a[v]
/ etc/umount [-v] [device-file] .. .
/ etc/umount [-v] [mount-point] .. .
DESCRIPTION
mount enables access to the files and directories in a file system
contained in the disk or disk partition referenced as device-file.
The topmost directory of the add-on file system is attached to the
directory tree at mount-point. The directory mount-point must already
exist. It serves as the entry point for the newly-mounted file
system for as long as the file system remains mounted. If any files
or directories had been placed below the mount-point directory before
mounting, they become hidden. If device-file is specified as
host: mount-point the file system type is assumed to be a network
file system (NFS) that can be reached across the Ethernet network
(see exports(4».
umount disables access to the files and directories in an add-on
file system referenced through mount-point or device-file.
mount and umount maintain a table of mounted file systems in
/ etc/mtab, described in mtab(4). If invoked without an argument,
mount displays the table. Note that since /etc/mtab can
be modified by commands other than mount and umount, its
contents may not accurately reflect what is actually mounted. If
invoked with only device-file or mount-point, mount searches
/ et c / f stab for an entry whose device-file or mount-point field
matches the given argument. For example,
and
mount /usr
mount /dev/floppyO
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