Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!


Click here to return to the 'Create a more dynamic fstab using UUIDs' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Create a more dynamic fstab using UUIDs
Authored by: ged on Mar 05, '03 04:46:52AM

By the way, getmntent isn't a command, it's a C library function. The way you can tell is by which section it's in, which is typically shown in parentheses after the name of the topic, eg., getmntent(3). The sections are traditionally (at least under BSDish systems):

  1. general commands (tools and utilities)
  2. system (kernel) calls
  3. the C libraries
  4. special files and hardware support
  5. file formats
  6. games/demos
  7. miscellaneous information pages
  8. system maintenance and operation commands
  9. kernel internals

Under most man(1) implementations, you can ask for pages only from the section you are looking for:

  $ man 5 fstab
  $ man 1 man

Great hint, BTW.



[ Reply to This | # ]