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- .th MOUNT II 5/15/74
- .sh NAME
- mount \*- mount file system
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- (mount = 21.)
- .br
- .ft B
- sys mount; special; name; rwflag
- .s3
- mount(special, name, rwflag)
- .br
- char *special, *name;
- .br
- .ft R
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Mount
- announces to the system that a removable file system has
- been mounted on
- the block-structured special file
- .it special;
- from now on, references to file
- .it name
- will refer to
- the root file on the newly mounted file system.
- .it Special
- and
- .it name
- are pointers to null-terminated strings
- containing the appropriate path names.
- .s3
- .it Name
- must exist already.
- Its old contents
- are inaccessible while the file system
- is mounted.
- .s3
- The
- .it rwflag
- argument determines whether
- the file system can be written on; if it is 0 writing
- is allowed, if non-zero no writing is done.
- Physically write-protected and magnetic
- tape file systems must be mounted read-only or
- errors will occur when access times are updated,
- whether or not any
- explicit write is attempted.
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- mount (VIII), umount (II)
- .sh DIAGNOSTICS
- Error bit
- (c-bit) set if:
- .it special
- is inaccessible or not an appropriate file;
- .it name
- does not exist;
- .it special
- is already mounted;
- .it name
- is in use;
- there are already too many
- file systems mounted.
- .sh BUGS
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