NAME
mount - mount file system
SYNOPSIS
(mount = 21.)
sys mount; special; name; rwflag
mount(special, name, rwflag)
char *special, *name;
DESCRIPTION
Mount announces to the system that a removable file system
has been mounted on the block-structured special file spe-
cial; from now on, references to file name will refer to the
root file on the newly mounted file system. Special and
name are pointers to null-terminated strings containing the
appropriate path names.
Name must exist already. Its old contents are inaccessible
while the file system is mounted.
The rwflag argument determines whether the file system can
be written on; if it is 0 writing is allowed, if non-zero no
writing is done. Physically write-protected and magnetic
tape file systems must be mounted read-only or errors will
occur when access times are updated, whether or not any
explicit write is attempted.
SEE ALSO
mount (VIII), umount (II)
DIAGNOSTICS
Error bit (c-bit) set if: special is inaccessible or not an
appropriate file; name does not exist; special is already
mounted; name is in use; there are already too many file
systems mounted.
BUGS
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