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diff --git a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml index a3caeb6df..2e6e9c1c0 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml +++ b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml @@ -729,8 +729,11 @@ up as file owners in <command>ls -l</command> output. <screen> Usage: mount [OPTION] [<win32path> <posixpath>] + mount -a + mount <posixpath> Display information about mounted filesystems, or mount a filesystem + -a, --all mount all filesystems mentioned in fstab -c, --change-cygdrive-prefix change the cygdrive path prefix to <posixpath> -f, --force force mount, don't warn about missing mount point directories @@ -836,6 +839,30 @@ most of the options are duplicates of other mount flags):</para> user mount points. System mount points can only be specified in the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para> +<para>If you added mount points to <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> or your +<filename>/etc/fstab.d/<username></filename> file, you can add these +mount points to your current user session using the <literal>-a/--all</literal> +option, or by specifing the posix path alone on the command line. As an +example, consider you added a mount point with the POSIX path +<filename>/my/mount</filename>. You can add this mount point with either +one of the following two commands to your current user session.</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mount /my/mount</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mount -a</userinput> +</screen> + +<para>The first command just adds the <filename>/my/mount</filename> mount +point to your current session, the <command>mount -a</command> adds all +new mount points to your user session.</para> + +<para>If you change a mount point to point to another native path, or +if you changed the flags of a mount point, you have to <command>umount</command> +the mount point first, before you can add it again. Please note that +all such added mount points are added as user mount points, and that the +rule that system mount points can't be removed or replaced in a running +session still applies.</para> + <para> The <literal>-m</literal> option causes the <command>mount</command> utility to output the current mount table in a series of fstab entries. |