Module Name: src
Committed By: gutteridge
Date: Sun Apr 19 19:20:32 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man5: fstab.5
Log Message:
fstab.5: note the first field is a placeholder for some FSes
Addresses PR misc/52607. (I suppose something about this could also be
added to the man pages for the mount commands for each applicable file
system, but I think this should suffice.)
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.46 -r1.47 src/share/man/man5/fstab.5
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man5/fstab.5
diff -u src/share/man/man5/fstab.5:1.46 src/share/man/man5/fstab.5:1.47
--- src/share/man/man5/fstab.5:1.46 Sat Apr 4 15:32:42 2020
+++ src/share/man/man5/fstab.5 Sun Apr 19 19:20:32 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: fstab.5,v 1.46 2020/04/04 15:32:42 jdolecek Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: fstab.5,v 1.47 2020/04/19 19:20:32 gutteridge Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1989, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)fstab.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\"
-.Dd September 15, 2019
+.Dd April 19, 2020
.Dt FSTAB 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -78,10 +78,17 @@ and not the character special file name.
If a program needs the character special file name,
the program must create it by appending a
.Dq r
-after the
-last
+after the last
.Dq /
in the special file name.
+(Note that for some file systems, e.g.,
+.Em kernfs ,
+.Em procfs ,
+and
+.Em tmpfs ,
+this field has no applicable use, and any string may be supplied as a
+placeholder.
+It is present simply for consistency of argument number and order.)
.Pp
If the first field is of the form
.Dq NAME=<value>
