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NAME            mount  --  mount file system



SYNOPSIS        /etc/mount special file



DESCRIPTION     mount announces to the system that a removable

                file system is present on the device correspond-

                ing to special file special (which must refer to

                a disk or possibly DECtape).  The file must exist

                already; it becomes the name of the root of the

                newly mounted file system.



FILES           --



SEE ALSO        umount(VIII)



DIAGNOSTICS     "?", if the special file is already in use, can-

                not be read, or if file does not exist.



BUGS            Should be usable only by the super-user.  Mount-

                ing file systems full of garbage can crash the

                system.
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