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getmntent(3) Library Functions Manual getmntent(3)
NAME top
getmntent, setmntent, addmntent, endmntent, hasmntopt, getmntent_r
- get filesystem descriptor file entryLIBRARY top
Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)SYNOPSIS top
**#include <stdio.h>**
**#include <mntent.h>**
**FILE *setmntent(const char ***_filename_**, const char ***_type_**);**
**struct mntent *getmntent(FILE ***_stream_**);**
**int addmntent(FILE *restrict** _stream_**,**
**const struct mntent *restrict** _mnt_**);**
**int endmntent(FILE ***_streamp_**);**
**char *hasmntopt(const struct mntent ***_mnt_**, const char ***_opt_**);**
/* GNU extension */
**#include <mntent.h>**
**struct mntent *getmntent_r(FILE *restrict** _streamp_**,**
**struct mntent *restrict** _mntbuf_**,**
**char** _buf_**[restrict .**_size_**], int** _size_**);**Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
**getmntent_r**():
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCEDESCRIPTION top
These routines are used to access the filesystem description file
_/etc/fstab_ and the mounted filesystem description file _/etc/mtab_.
The **setmntent**() function opens the filesystem description file
_filename_ and returns a file pointer which can be used by
**getmntent**(). The argument _type_ is the type of access required and
can take the same values as the _mode_ argument of [fopen(3)](../man3/fopen.3.html). The
returned stream should be closed using **endmntent**() rather than
[fclose(3)](../man3/fclose.3.html).
The **getmntent**() function reads the next line of the filesystem
description file from _stream_ and returns a pointer to a structure
containing the broken out fields from a line in the file. The
pointer points to a static area of memory which is overwritten by
subsequent calls to **getmntent**().
The **addmntent**() function adds the _mntent_ structure _mnt_ to the end
of the open _stream_.
The **endmntent**() function closes the _stream_ associated with the
filesystem description file.
The **hasmntopt**() function scans the _mntopts_ field (see below) of
the _mntent_ structure _mnt_ for a substring that matches _opt_. See
_<mntent.h>_ and [mount(8)](../man8/mount.8.html) for valid mount options.
The reentrant **getmntent_r**() function is similar to **getmntent**(),
but stores the _mntent_ structure in the provided _*mntbuf_, and
stores the strings pointed to by the entries in that structure in
the provided array _buf_ of size _size_.
The _mntent_ structure is defined in _<mntent.h>_ as follows:
struct mntent {
char *mnt_fsname; /* name of mounted filesystem */
char *mnt_dir; /* filesystem path prefix */
char *mnt_type; /* mount type (see mntent.h) */
char *mnt_opts; /* mount options (see mntent.h) */
int mnt_freq; /* dump frequency in days */
int mnt_passno; /* pass number on parallel fsck */
};
Since fields in the mtab and fstab files are separated by
whitespace, octal escapes are used to represent the characters
space (\040), tab (\011), newline (\012), and backslash (\\) in
those files when they occur in one of the four strings in a _mntent_
structure. The routines **addmntent**() and **getmntent**() will convert
from string representation to escaped representation and back.
When converting from escaped representation, the sequence \134 is
also converted to a backslash.RETURN VALUE top
The **getmntent**() and **getmntent_r**() functions return a pointer to
the _mntent_ structure or NULL on failure.
The **addmntent**() function returns 0 on success and 1 on failure.
The **endmntent**() function always returns 1.
The **hasmntopt**() function returns the address of the substring if a
match is found and NULL otherwise.FILES top
_/etc/fstab_
filesystem description file
_/etc/mtab_
mounted filesystem description fileATTRIBUTES top
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
[attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
┌───────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
│ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ **setmntent**(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
│ **endmntent**(), │ │ │
│ **hasmntopt**() │ │ │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ **getmntent**() │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe race:mntentbuf │
│ │ │ locale │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ **addmntent**() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe race:stream locale │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│ **getmntent_r**() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
└───────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘STANDARDS top
None.HISTORY top
The nonreentrant functions are from SunOS 4.1.3. A routine
**getmntent_r**() was introduced in HP-UX 10, but it returns an _int_.
The prototype shown above is glibc-only.
System V also has a **getmntent**() function but the calling sequence
differs, and the returned structure is different. Under System V
_/etc/mnttab_ is used. 4.4BSD and Digital UNIX have a routine
**getmntinfo**(), a wrapper around the system call **getfsstat**().SEE ALSO top
[fopen(3)](../man3/fopen.3.html), [fstab(5)](../man5/fstab.5.html), [mount(8)](../man8/mount.8.html)COLOPHON top
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