On 23Dec2014 18:20, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Going off on a tangent here, so I'm deliberately splitting a
thread...
On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 10:38 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> Run the command:
> man 8 mount
> and see the types available for "-t" option.
>
> The "general" part of this advice is that: you're using the
"mount"
> command, so read the "mount" manual entry!
>
> ("mount" is an administrative command, so it is in section 8, not
> section 1.)
I've never come to grips with multiple docs for man, depending on such
things as section numbers. And I see no difference in output between
"man 8 mount" or "man mount" Granted I haven't gone the whole
way
through, but I've already gone deep into them, and not seen anything.
Well, "man 2 mount" details the OS system call, very different in usage from
the command line.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au>
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge. - Henry Spencer