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NAME
     mtab - mounted file system table

DESCRIPTION
     Mtab resides in directory /etc and contains a table of
     devices mounted by the mount command.  Umount removes
     entries.

     Each entry is 64 bytes long; the first 32 are the null-
     padded name of the place where the special file is mounted;
     the second 32 are the null-padded name of the special file.
     The special file has all its directories stripped away; that
     is, everything through the last ``/'' is thrown away.

     This table is present only so people can look at it.  It
     does not matter to mount if there are duplicated entries nor
     to umount if a name cannot be found.

FILES
     /etc/mtab

SEE ALSO
     mount (VIII), umount (VIII)

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