File Formats                                            vfstab(4)

NAME
     vfstab - table of file system defaults

DESCRIPTION
     The file /etc/vfstab describes defaults for each  file  sys-
     tem. The information is stored in a table with the following
     column headings:

     device       device       mount      FS      fsck    mount      mount
     to mount     to fsck      point      type    pass    at boot    options

     The fields in the table are  space-separated  and  show  the
     resource  name  (device  to  mount), the raw device to  fsck
     (device to fsck), the default mount directory (mount point),
     the  name of the file system type (FS type), the number used
     by  fsck to decide whether to check the file system automat-
     ically  (fsck  pass),  whether  the  file  system  should be
     mounted automatically by  mountall (mount at boot), and  the
     file  system  mount options (mount options). (See respective
     mount file system man page below in   SEE  ALSO  for   mount
     options.)  A  '-'  is  used to indicate no entry in a field.
     This may be used when a field does not apply to the resource
     being mounted.

     The getvfsent(3C) family of routines is  used  to  read  and
     write to /etc/vfstab.

     /etc/vfstab may be used to specify swap areas. An  entry  so
     specified,  (which can be a file or a device), will automat-
     ically be added as a swap area by the  /sbin/swapadd  script
     when  the system boots. To specify a swap area,  the device-
     to-mount field contains the name of the swap file or device,
     the  FS-type  is "swap", mount-at-boot is "no" and all other
     fields have no entry.

SEE ALSO
     fsck(1M),  mount(1M),   mount_cachefs(1M),   mount_hsfs(1M),
     mount_nfs(1M),   mount_tmpfs(1M),  mount_ufs(1M),  swap(1M),
     getvfsent(3C)

     System Administration Guide, Volume 1

SunOS 5.8           Last change: 17 Aug 1999                    1