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 follow-
ing 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, the raw device to fsck, the default mount
directory, the name of the file system type, the number used
by fsck to decide whether to check the file system automati-
cally, whether the file system should be mounted automati-
cally by mountall, and the 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 automati-
cally 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),
setmnt(1M), getvfsent(3C)
Chapter 5 in File System Administration