[ale] /etc/mtab

[Jim Kinney]

fstab = filesystem table
mtab = mount table.

fstab is used to initially mount things which then populates mtab.

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:

> On Wed May 5 2010, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > why is mtab in /etc as a file and not as just a symlink to someplace
> better
> > like /var/<something>/mtab?
> >
> > Since it gets written to on any mount it seems to be more like "/var
> data"
> > than a configuration file
>
> whats the difference between mtab & fstab ? I've never heard of mtab and
> there
> is no man page!
>
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