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| author | trasz <trasz@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-11-21 15:49:41 +0000 |
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| committer | trasz <trasz@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-11-21 15:49:41 +0000 |
| commit | 706c90c17428616efff68ecece19e560d6949089 (patch) | |
| tree | 128c6fa62ed35dfb4c1c8e9293cda14a211da00b /usr.sbin/autofs | |
| parent | eceb697d780a2c0a58aa644f8ea71e6244d04661 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-706c90c17428616efff68ecece19e560d6949089.zip FreeBSD-src-706c90c17428616efff68ecece19e560d6949089.tar.gz | |
Document use of wildcards (*) and ampersands (&) in autofs map files.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1199
Reviewed by: wblock@
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/autofs')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 | 23 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 b/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 index f7f369d..8e817fe 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/autofs/auto_master.5 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 19, 2014 +.Dd November 21, 2014 .Dt AUTO_MASTER 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ is the path component used by .Xr automountd 8 to find the right map entry to use. It is also used to form the final mountpoint. +A wildcard +.Pq Ql * +can be used for the key. +It matches every directory that does not match other keys. +Those directories will not be visible to the user +until accessed. .Pp The .Ar options @@ -155,9 +161,20 @@ for a single key. The .Ar location field specifies the filesystem to be mounted. -To pass location that begins with +Ampersands +.Pq Ql & +in the +.Ar location +field are replaced with the value of +.Ar key . +This is typically used with wildcards, like: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +.Li * 192.168.1.1:/share/& +.Ed +.Pp +To pass a location that begins with .Li / , -prefix it with colon. +prefix it with a colon. For example, .Li :/dev/cd0 . .Pp |
