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| | 22 | .Dd November 18, 2005 |
| | 23 | .Dt VIFS 8 |
| | 24 | .Os |
| | 25 | .Sh NAME |
| | 26 | .Nm vifs |
| | 27 | .Nd safely edit fstab |
| | 28 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| | 29 | .Nm vifs |
| | 30 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| | 31 | The |
| | 32 | .Nm vifs |
| | 33 | utility simply locks the fstab file before invoking an editor on it. |
| | 34 | This is important to facilitate the modification of fstab by automated tools |
| | 35 | and system management software. |
| | 36 | .Pp |
| | 37 | Always use |
| | 38 | .Nm vifs |
| | 39 | to edit fstab, instead of invoking an editor directly. |
| | 40 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| | 41 | .Xr vi 1 , |
| | 42 | .Xr fstab 5 |
| | 43 | .Sh HISTORY |
| | 44 | The |
| | 45 | .Nm vifs |
| | 46 | utility originates from Mac OSX 10.5. |
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