The mountall command allows simultaneous mounting of multiple resources. The command takes the specifications concerning the resources to be mounted from an input file, from the file /etc/vfstab or from the standard input. Specifications from an input file or from the standard input must have the same format as the file /etc/vfstab.
If no option is specified, all file systems which are described in the file /etc/vfstab and for which the field automnt is set to yes are mounted.
Authorization: The command can only be entered with root authorization.
Syntax
mountall[ -F nfs][ -| file] |
Specifies that resources of the file system type nfs are to be mounted. If this option is not specified, all resources specified in the input file or via the standard input are mounted. |
Specifies that the command expects information about the file systems to be mounted from standard input. The individual lines are terminated with RETURN or with EM DUE. The command is executed after entering Ctrl-D or @@D. |
file Input file containing specifications for the file systems to be mounted. If neither - nor file is specified, the file /etc/vfstab is taken as the input file by default. |
Files
/etc/mnttab
Table of mounted file systems
/etc/vfstab
Table of defined file systems