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27 .TH GETFSENT 3 2021-03-22 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
29 getfsent, getfsspec, getfsfile, setfsent, endfsent \- handle fstab entries
34 .B "int setfsent(void);"
35 .B "struct fstab *getfsent(void);"
36 .B "void endfsent(void);"
38 .BI "struct fstab *getfsfile(const char *" mount_point );
39 .BI "struct fstab *getfsspec(const char *" special_file );
42 These functions read from the file
51 char *fs_spec; /* block device name */
52 char *fs_file; /* mount point */
53 char *fs_vfstype; /* filesystem type */
54 char *fs_mntops; /* mount options */
55 const char *fs_type; /* rw/rq/ro/sw/xx option */
56 int fs_freq; /* dump frequency, in days */
57 int fs_passno; /* pass number on parallel dump */
64 contains (on a *BSD system)
65 one of the five strings "rw", "rq", "ro", "sw", "xx"
66 (read-write, read-write with quota, read-only, swap, ignore).
70 opens the file when required and positions it at the first line.
74 parses the next line from the file.
75 (After opening it when required.)
79 closes the file when required.
83 searches the file from the start and returns the first entry found
92 searches the file from the start and returns the first entry found
99 Upon success, the functions
104 return a pointer to a
109 Upon failure or end-of-file, these functions return NULL and 0, respectively.
113 .\" function appeared in 4.0BSD; the other four functions appeared in 4.3BSD.
115 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
123 Interface Attribute Value
135 MT-Unsafe race:fsent locale
142 These functions are not in POSIX.1.
143 Several operating systems have them, for example,
144 *BSD, SunOS, Digital UNIX, AIX (which also has a
146 HP-UX has functions of the same names,
148 .IR "struct checklist"
151 and calls these functions obsolete, superseded by
154 These functions are not thread-safe.
156 Since Linux allows mounting a block special device in several places,
157 and since several devices can have the same mount point, where the
158 last device with a given mount point is the interesting one,
163 only return the first occurrence, these two functions are not suitable