Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sys-utils/mount.8 | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index 1903253..8464b5c 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., .\" 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. .\" -.TH MOUNT 8 "July 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.TH MOUNT 8 "August 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration" .SH NAME mount \- mount a filesystem .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ refers to the root of the filesystem on If only the directory or the device is given, for example: .RS - -.br +.sp .BI "mount /dir" -.br - +.sp .RE then \fBmount\fR looks for a mountpoint (and if not found then for a device) in the .IR /etc/fstab @@ -105,14 +103,11 @@ or .B \-\-source options to avoid ambivalent interpretation of the given argument. For example: .RS - -.br +.sp .BI "mount \-\-target /mountpoint" -.br - +.sp .RE - .B The listing. .RS The listing mode is maintained for backward compatibility only. @@ -124,13 +119,11 @@ mountpoint name are replaced with '?'. The following command lists all mounted filesystems (of type .IR type ): - .RS -.br +.sp .BR "mount " [ \-l "] [" "\-t \fItype\/\fP" ] -.br +.sp .RE - The option \fB\-l\fR adds labels to this listing. See below. .RE @@ -284,15 +277,13 @@ Thus, given a line .sp .RE any user can mount the iso9660 filesystem found on an inserted CDROM -using the command +using the command: .RS .sp .B "mount /dev/cdrom" -.sp .RE or .RS -.sp .B "mount /cd" .sp .RE @@ -364,22 +355,21 @@ a second place by using: Note that the filesystem mount options will remain the same as those on the original mount point. -.BR mount(8) -since v2.27 allow to change the options by passing the -.B \-o -option along with -.BR \-\-bind -for example: +.BR mount (8) +since v2.27 allows to change the mount options by passing the +relevant options along with +.BR \-\-bind . +For example: .RS .br .B mount \-\-bind,ro foo foo .RE -This feature is not supported by Linux kernel and it is implemented in userspace -by additional remount mount(2) syscall. This solution is not atomic. +This feature is not supported by the Linux kernel; it is implemented in userspace +by an additional \fBmount\fR(2) remounting syscall. This solution is not atomic. -The alternative (classic) way to create a read-only bind mount is to use remount +The alternative (classic) way to create a read-only bind mount is to use the remount operation, for example: .RS @@ -391,14 +381,15 @@ operation, for example: .I olddir newdir .RE -Note that read-only bind will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry), but the -original filesystem superblock will still be writable, meaning that the +Note that a read-only bind will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry), +but the original filesystem superblock will still be writable, meaning that the .I olddir will be writable, but the .I newdir will be read-only. -It's impossible to change mount options recursively (for example b \fB -o rbind,ro\fR). +It's impossible to change mount options recursively +(for example with \fB-o rbind,ro\fR). .RE .B The move operation. -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
