MOUNT(VIII)                 10/31/73                  MOUNT(VIII)







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  corresponding  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.



SEE ALSO

     umount (VIII)



BUGS

     Mounting file systems full of garbage can crash the system.