From e31597d8eda23e17fcfd46959d72765b966bb405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:48:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mount: add note about subtypes to fstab.5 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- mount/fstab.5 | 8 ++++++++ mount/mount.8 | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/mount/fstab.5 b/mount/fstab.5 index 1c5cdca9..8a834873 100644 --- a/mount/fstab.5 +++ b/mount/fstab.5 @@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ An entry .I none is useful for bind or move mounts. +.BR mount (8) +and +.BR umount (8) +support filesystem subtypes. The subtype is defined by '.subtype' suffix. For +example 'fuse.sshfs'. It's recommended to use subtype notation rather than add +any prefix to the first fstab field (for example 'sshfs#example.com' is +depreacated). + The fourth field, .RI ( fs_mntops ), describes the mount options associated with the filesystem. diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8 index 2fe0db8d..0147e71d 100644 --- a/mount/mount.8 +++ b/mount/mount.8 @@ -596,6 +596,15 @@ was known as Note, the real list of all supported filesystems depends on your kernel. +The programs +.B mount +and +.B umount +support filesystem subtypes. The subtype is defined by '.subtype' suffix. For +example 'fuse.sshfs'. It's recommended to use subtype notation rather than add +any prefix to the mount source (for example 'sshfs#example.com' is +depreacated). + For most types all the .B mount program has to do is issue a simple -- 2.39.5