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32 .\" @(#)getfsent.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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35 .Dd June 4, 1993
36 .Dt GETFSENT 3
37 .Os
38 .Sh NAME
39 .Nm getfsent ,
40 .Nm getfsspec ,
41 .Nm getfsfile ,
42 .Nm setfsent ,
43 .Nm endfsent
44 .Nd get file system descriptor file entry
45 .Sh LIBRARY
46 .Lb libc
47 .Sh SYNOPSIS
48 .In fstab.h
49 .Ft struct fstab *
50 .Fn getfsent void
51 .Ft struct fstab *
52 .Fn getfsspec "const char *spec"
53 .Ft struct fstab *
54 .Fn getfsfile "const char *file"
55 .Ft int
56 .Fn setfsent void
57 .Ft void
58 .Fn endfsent void
59 .Sh DESCRIPTION
60 The
61 .Fn getfsent ,
62 .Fn getfsspec ,
63 and
64 .Fn getfsfile
65 functions
66 each return a pointer to an object with the following structure
67 containing the broken-out fields of a line in the file system
68 description file,
69 .Aq Pa fstab.h .
70 .Bd -literal -offset indent
71 struct fstab {
72 char *fs_spec; /* block special device name */
73 char *fs_file; /* file system path prefix */
74 char *fs_vfstype; /* File system type, ufs, nfs */
75 char *fs_mntops; /* Mount options ala -o */
76 char *fs_type; /* FSTAB_* from fs_mntops */
77 int fs_freq; /* dump frequency, in days */
78 int fs_passno; /* pass number on parallel fsck */
79 };
80 .Ed
81 .Pp
82 The fields have meanings described in
83 .Xr fstab 5 .
84 .Pp
85 The
86 .Fn setfsent
87 function
88 opens the file (closing any previously opened file) or rewinds it
89 if it is already open.
90 .Pp
91 The
92 .Fn endfsent
93 function
94 closes the file.
95 .Pp
96 The
97 .Fn getfsspec
98 and
99 .Fn getfsfile
100 functions
101 search the entire file (opening it if necessary) for a matching special
102 file name or file system file name.
103 .Pp
104 For programs wishing to read the entire database,
105 .Fn getfsent
106 reads the next entry (opening the file if necessary).
107 .Pp
108 All entries in the file with a type field equivalent to
109 .Dv FSTAB_XX
110 are ignored.
111 .Sh RETURN VALUES
112 The
113 .Fn getfsent ,
114 .Fn getfsspec ,
115 and
116 .Fn getfsfile
117 functions
118 return a
119 .Dv NULL
120 pointer on
121 .Dv EOF
122 or error.
123 The
124 .Fn setfsent
125 function
126 returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.
127 The
128 .Fn endfsent
129 function
130 returns nothing.
131 .Sh FILES
132 .Bl -tag -width /etc/fstab -compact
133 .It Pa /etc/fstab
134 .El
135 .Sh SEE ALSO
136 .Xr fstab 5
137 .Sh HISTORY
138 The
139 .Fn getfsent
140 function appeared in
141 .Bx 4.0 ;
142 the
143 .Fn endfsent ,
144 .Fn getfsfile ,
145 .Fn getfsspec ,
146 and
147 .Fn setfsent
148 functions appeared in
149 .Bx 4.3 .
150 .Sh BUGS
151 These functions use static data storage;
152 if the data is needed for future use, it should be
153 copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.