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- MOUNT
-
- Makes a device connected to the system available.
-
- Format
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- MOUNT {device} [FROM <filename>]
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- Template
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- DEVICE/M,FROM/K
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- Location
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- C:
-
- MOUNT reads a device's configuration parameters from a file. It then uses the
- parameter information to mount the devices or make them available to the
- system. Multiple devices can be mounted with a single command. The {device}
- argument specifies the names of the devices to be mounted.
-
- MOUNT can process either DOSDrivers mount files or a traditional
- multiple-entry MountList file, depending on which of the following three ways
- the arguments are specified:
-
- 1. Given a device name, MOUNT tries to find a mount file of that name in
- DEVS:DOSDrivers, then in SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers, and finally as an entry
- in DEVS:MountList. This method is best if you have only one
- configuration for that device on your system.
- 2. Given a path, MOUNT looks for a mount file in that location. Wildcards
- may be used to mount multiple devices; as in MOUNT
- DEVS:DOSDrivers/~(#?.info). Use this method when you have mount files
- stored somewhere other than the DOSDrivers drawers or if you have
- several mount file to process at once.
- 3. Given the FROM keyword and a path, MOUNT specifies the location of a
- MountList file to process. Use this method if you have a MountList
- stored somewhere other than DEVS: or if you have several MountLists.
-
- Note:
-
- A mount file's icon Tool Types, if any, override parameters of the same name
- in the mount file itself.
-
- Example 1:
-
- 1> MOUNT PIPE:
-
- This looks for the mount file DEVS:DOSDrivers/PIPE and processes it if found.
- If DEVS:DOSDrivers/PIPE does not exist, MOUNT looks for
- SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers/PIPE. If this also fails, then MOUNT looks for a PIPE:
- entry in DEVS:MountList.
-
- Example 2:
-
- 1> MOUNT Work:Devices/PIPE
-
- This looks for a PIPE mount file in Work:Devices.
-
- Example 3:
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- 1> MOUNT PIPE: FROM SYS:Mydevs/MountList
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- This scans for a PIPE entry in SYS:Mydevs/MountList.
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- See Appendix B for further information on MountLists.
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