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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
.\"
.\" Inspired by a page written by Walter Harms.
.\"
-.TH getfsent 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH getfsent 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, setfsent, endfsent \- handle fstab entries
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <fstab.h>
-.PP
+.P
.B "int setfsent(void);"
.B "struct fstab *getfsent(void);"
.B "void endfsent(void);"
-.PP
+.P
.BI "struct fstab *getfsfile(const char *" mount_point );
.BI "struct fstab *getfsspec(const char *" special_file );
.fi
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ These functions read from the file
The
.I struct fstab
is defined by:
-.PP
+.P
.in +4n
.EX
struct fstab {
@@ -42,26 +42,26 @@ struct fstab {
};
.EE
.in
-.PP
+.P
Here the field
.I fs_type
contains (on a *BSD system)
one of the five strings "rw", "rq", "ro", "sw", "xx"
(read-write, read-write with quota, read-only, swap, ignore).
-.PP
+.P
The function
.BR setfsent ()
opens the file when required and positions it at the first line.
-.PP
+.P
The function
.BR getfsent ()
parses the next line from the file.
(After opening it when required.)
-.PP
+.P
The function
.BR endfsent ()
closes the file when required.
-.PP
+.P
The function
.BR getfsspec ()
searches the file from the start and returns the first entry found
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ for which the
field matches the
.I special_file
argument.
-.PP
+.P
The function
.BR getfsfile ()
searches the file from the start and returns the first entry found
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ T} Thread safety T{
MT-Unsafe race:fsent locale
T}
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH VERSIONS
Several operating systems have these functions, for example,
*BSD, SunOS, Digital UNIX, AIX (which also has a
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ The
function appeared in 4.0BSD; the other four functions appeared in 4.3BSD.
.SH NOTES
These functions are not thread-safe.
-.PP
+.P
Since Linux allows mounting a block special device in several places,
and since several devices can have the same mount point, where the
last device with a given mount point is the interesting one,