fstab Question (and beyond) [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Lawson Hanson]

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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:36:32 -0800
From: roger at rogerchrisman.com
Subject: Re: fstab Question
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I found this fstab Wikipedia page interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab

On it I found:

>  == Reloading fstab ==
>
>     mount -a
>
>  This command will reload fstab without a restart of the system.

Thanks for mentioning "man mount". It is not always clear which man
page one should study. Tips always welcome. I always appreciate a tip
to an informative and appropriate man page. Man pages can be confusing
but are a good starting point. Wikipedia is also interesting.

Good luck,

Roger
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The "man" command has a '-k keyword' option which allows
    you to specify a word about which you want to find one
    or more man pages which mention the specified keyword,
    so running the command "man -k mount" might return a
    list of possibly interesting entries such as:

    mount (8)       - mount a file system
    mountpoint (1)  - see if a directory is a mountpoint
    sleep (1)       - delay for a specified amount of time
    umount (8)      - unmount file systems

The "sleep" command got mentioned because its description
    contains the word "amount" which contains the specified
    keyword "mount", so you'll get some non-related items,
    but you may notice other interesting commands that way

As you take a look at any of those that may seem pertinent
    you will notice other terms you could investigate, and
    most on-line manual pages contain a "See Also" section
    which refers the reader to other related commands, for
    example, the "mount" pages refer to "fstab" which has
    its own man page which describes the entries in that file

There is a wealth of information on your [k]ubuntu system,
    and "man -k keyword" is a good place to start sometimes

Best regards,

Lawson Hanson
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia