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diff --git a/sbin/mount_devfs/mount_devfs.8 b/sbin/mount_devfs/mount_devfs.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c4d63a --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/mount_devfs/mount_devfs.8 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software donated to Berkeley by +.\" Jan-Simon Pendry. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mount_devfs.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/94 +.\" +.\" +.Dd March 27, 1994 +.Dt MOUNT_DEFVS 8 +.Os FreeBSD 2.0 +.Sh NAME +.Nm mount_devfs +.Nd mount the /devs file system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm mount_devfs +.Op Fl o Ar options +.Ar "devfs" +.Ar mount_point +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm mount_devfs +command attaches an instance of the kernel's device +namespace to the global filesystem namespace. +The conventional mount point is +.Pa /devs . +This command is normally executed by +.Xr mount 8 +at boot time. +.Pp +The filesystem includes several directories, links, symbolic links and devices, +some of which can also be written. +In a chroot'ed environment, +.Nm +can be used to create a new +.Pa /devs +mount point. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl o +Options are specified with a +.Fl o +flag followed by a comma separated string of options. +See the +.Xr mount 8 +man page for possible options and their meanings. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mount 2 , +.Xr unmount 2 , +.Xr fstab 5 , +.Xr mount 8 +.Sh CAVEATS +This filesystem may not be NFS-exported. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm mount_devfs +utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0 |