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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)fstab.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 7, 2011
+.Dd October 11, 2012
.Dt FSTAB 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -66,12 +66,20 @@ The first field,
.Pq Fa fs_spec ,
describes the special device or
remote file system to be mounted.
+The contents are decoded by the
+.Xr strunvis 3
+function.
+This allows using spaces or tabs in the device name which would be
+interpreted as field separators otherwise.
.Pp
The second field,
.Pq Fa fs_file ,
describes the mount point for the file system.
For swap partitions, this field should be specified as
.Dq none .
+The contents are decoded by the
+.Xr strunvis 3
+function, as above.
.Pp
The third field,
.Pq Fa fs_vfstype ,
@@ -338,6 +346,7 @@ resides in
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr quotacheck 8 ,
.Xr quotaon 8 ,
+.Xr strunvis 3 ,
.Xr swapon 8 ,
.Xr umount 8
.Sh HISTORY
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