The minmount program

Interface

     minmount -a
     minmount [ -r | -w ] [ -t fstype ] [ -o option[,option...] ] device mntpoint

• minmount -a mounts all partitions according to /etc/fstab.
• If the -a option is not given, minmount mounts device on mntpoint.
• minmount exits 111 on a temporary error.
• minmount does not touch /etc/mtab.

Options

• -a : read /etc/fstab instead of other arguments
• -t fstype : filesystem is of type fstype. Default: ext2.
• -r : mount read-only
• -w : mount read-write (default)
• -o option : mount with option option. Currently recognized options: defaults, ro, rw, remount, sync, async, nodev, dev, noexec, exec, nosuid, suid, noatime, atime, nodiratime, diratime, bind, nobind.