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freebsd/sbin/mount_devfs/mount_devfs.8
Julian Elischer abeeb9ceb2 Obtained from: copied fro mount_kernfs
This is copied from the mount_kernfs code..
if it doesn't work there is a working binary in ~julian
1995-04-21 01:17:50 +00:00

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.\" @(#)mount_devfs.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/94
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.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