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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/getfsent.3')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man3/getfsent.3 b/man3/getfsent.3 index 5a03bd9..2bcb958 100644 --- a/man3/getfsent.3 +++ b/man3/getfsent.3 @@ -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, |