mount: /etc/fstab

mount: /etc/fstab

[kalle]

In the sentence "then mount looks for a mountpoint and if not found then
for a device in the /etc/fstab file" it should be made clear that the
mountpoint refers to the /etc/fstab-file, e.g. "then mount looks in the
/etc/fstab file firstly for a mountpoint and if not found then secondly
for a device". I did not understand the sentence until now and wondered,
what was meant by 'mountpoint'.
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Re: mount: /etc/fstab

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi,

On 22 October 2017 at 10:17, kalle <kalle-hsXoOLftXaMrK3VXJnZBaRvVK+yQ3ZXh@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> In the sentence "then mount looks for a mountpoint and if not found then
> for a device in the /etc/fstab file" it should be made clear that the
> mountpoint refers to the /etc/fstab-file, e.g. "then mount looks in the
> /etc/fstab file firstly for a mountpoint and if not found then secondly
> for a device". I did not understand the sentence until now and wondered,
> what was meant by 'mountpoint'.

Wrong project. Please see
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mount.8.html#COLOPHON

Thanks,

Michael

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mount: /etc/fstab

[kalle]

hello,
In the sentence "then mount looks for a mountpoint and if not found then
for a device in the /etc/fstab file" it should be made clear that the
mountpoint refers to the /etc/fstab-file, e.g. "then mount looks in the
/etc/fstab file firstly for a mountpoint and if not found then secondly
for a device". I did not understand the sentence until now and wondered,
what was meant by 'mountpoint'.

greetings,
kalle