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1 | .\" Copyright (C) 2002 Andries Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl) |
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25 | .\" Inspired by a page written by Walter Harms. | |
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d9343c5c | 27 | .TH GETFSENT 3 2002-02-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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28 | .SH NAME |
29 | getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, setfsent, endfsent \- handle fstab entries | |
30 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
31 | .B #include <fstab.h> | |
32 | .sp | |
0daa9e92 | 33 | .B "void endfsent(void);" |
fea681da | 34 | .sp |
0daa9e92 | 35 | .B "struct fstab *getfsent(void);" |
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36 | .sp |
37 | .BI "struct fstab *getfsfile(const char *" mount_point ); | |
38 | .sp | |
39 | .BI "struct fstab *getfsspec(const char *" special_file ); | |
40 | .sp | |
0daa9e92 | 41 | .B "int setfsent(void);" |
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42 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
43 | These functions read from the file | |
44 | .IR /etc/fstab . | |
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45 | The |
46 | .IR "struct fstab" | |
47 | is defined by: | |
fea681da | 48 | .LP |
088a639b | 49 | .in +4n |
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50 | .nf |
51 | struct fstab { | |
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52 | char *fs_spec; /* block device name */ |
53 | char *fs_file; /* mount point */ | |
24d01c53 | 54 | char *fs_vfstype; /* file-sysem type */ |
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55 | char *fs_mntops; /* mount options */ |
56 | const char *fs_type; /* rw/rq/ro/sw/xx option */ | |
57 | int fs_freq; /* dump frequency, in days */ | |
58 | int fs_passno; /* pass number on parallel dump */ | |
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59 | }; |
60 | .fi | |
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61 | .in |
62 | .PP | |
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63 | Here the field |
64 | .I fs_type | |
65 | contains (on a *BSD system) | |
66 | one of the five strings "rw", "rq", "ro", "sw", "xx" | |
67 | (read-write, read-write with quota, read-only, swap, ignore). | |
68 | ||
69 | The function | |
63aa9df0 | 70 | .BR setfsent () |
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71 | opens the file when required and positions it at the first line. |
72 | .LP | |
73 | The function | |
63aa9df0 | 74 | .BR getfsent () |
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75 | parses the next line from the file. |
76 | (After opening it when required.) | |
77 | .LP | |
78 | The function | |
63aa9df0 | 79 | .BR endfsent () |
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80 | closes the file when required. |
81 | .LP | |
82 | The function | |
63aa9df0 | 83 | .BR getfsspec () |
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84 | searches the file from the start and returns the first entry found |
85 | for which the | |
86 | .I fs_spec | |
87 | field matches the | |
88 | .I special_file | |
89 | argument. | |
90 | .LP | |
91 | The function | |
63aa9df0 | 92 | .BR getfsfile () |
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93 | searches the file from the start and returns the first entry found |
94 | for which the | |
95 | .I fs_file | |
96 | field matches the | |
97 | .I mount_point | |
98 | argument. | |
47297adb | 99 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
fea681da | 100 | Upon success, the functions |
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101 | .BR getfsent (), |
102 | .BR getfsfile (), | |
fea681da | 103 | and |
63aa9df0 | 104 | .BR getfsspec () |
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105 | return a pointer to a |
106 | .IR "struct fstab" , | |
107 | while | |
63aa9df0 | 108 | .BR setfsent () |
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109 | returns 1. |
110 | Upon failure or end-of-file, these functions return NULL and 0, respectively. | |
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111 | .\" .SH HISTORY |
112 | .\" The | |
113 | .\" .BR getfsent () | |
114 | .\" function appeared in 4.0BSD; the other four functions appeared in 4.3BSD. | |
47297adb | 115 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
c13182ef | 116 | These functions are not in POSIX.1-2001. |
68e1685c | 117 | Several operating systems have them, |
008f1ecc | 118 | e.g., *BSD, SunOS, Digital UNIX, AIX (which also has a |
31e9a9ec | 119 | .BR getfstype ()). |
0c2ec4f1 | 120 | HP-UX has functions of the same names, |
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121 | that however use a |
122 | .IR "struct checklist" | |
123 | instead of a | |
124 | .IR "struct fstab" , | |
0c2ec4f1 | 125 | and calls these functions obsolete, superseded by |
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126 | .BR getmntent (3). |
127 | .SH NOTES | |
128 | These functions are not thread-safe. | |
129 | .LP | |
130 | Since Linux allows mounting a block special device in several places, | |
131 | and since several devices can have the same mount point, where the | |
132 | last device with a given mount point is the interesting one, | |
133 | while | |
63aa9df0 | 134 | .BR getfsfile () |
fea681da | 135 | and |
63aa9df0 | 136 | .BR getfsspec () |
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137 | only return the first occurrence, these two functions are not suitable |
138 | for use under Linux. | |
47297adb | 139 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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140 | .BR getmntent (3), |
141 | .BR fstab (5) |