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FSTAB(5) Linux Programmer's Manual FSTAB(5)
NAME
fstab - static information about the filesystems
SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
The file fstab contains descriptive information about the
various file systems. fstab is only read by programs, and
not written; it is the duty of the system administrator to
properly create and maintain this file. Each filesystem
is described on a separate line; fields on each line are
separated by tabs or spaces. The order of records in
fstab is important because fsck(8), mount(8), and
umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab doing their
thing.
The first field, (fs_spec), describes the block special
device or remote filesystem to be mounted.
For ordinary mounts it will hold (a link to) a block spe-
cial device node (as created by mknod(8)) for the device
to be mounted, like `/dev/cdrom' or `/dev/sdb7'. For NFS
mounts one will have :, e.g., `knuth.aeb.nl:/'.
For procfs, use `proc'.
Instead of giving the device explicitly, one may indicate
the (ext2) filesystem that is to be mounted by its UUID or
volume label (cf. e2label(8)), writing LABEL=