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mount: adjust some wordings and formatting in the man page 

Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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Benno Schulenberg 2016-03-08 10:07:52 +01:00 committed by Karel Zak
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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
.\" 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
.\"
.TH MOUNT 8 "July 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.TH MOUNT 8 "August 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
mount \- mount a filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ refers to the root of the filesystem on
If only the directory or the device is given, for example:
.RS
.br
.sp
.BI "mount /dir"
.br
.sp
.RE
then \fBmount\fR looks for a mountpoint (and if not found then for a device) in the
.IR /etc/fstab
@ -105,14 +103,11 @@ or
.B \-\-source
options to avoid ambivalent interpretation of the given argument. For example:
.RS
.br
.sp
.BI "mount \-\-target /mountpoint"
.br
.sp
.RE
.B The listing.
.RS
The listing mode is maintained for backward compatibility only.
@ -124,13 +119,11 @@ mountpoint name are replaced with '?'.
The following command lists all mounted filesystems (of type
.IR type ):
.RS
.br
.sp
.BR "mount " [ \-l "] [" "\-t \fItype\/\fP" ]
.br
.sp
.RE
The option \fB\-l\fR adds labels to this listing. See below.
.RE
@ -284,15 +277,13 @@ Thus, given a line
.sp
.RE
any user can mount the iso9660 filesystem found on an inserted CDROM
using the command
using the command:
.RS
.sp
.B "mount /dev/cdrom"
.sp
.RE
or
.RS
.sp
.B "mount /cd"
.sp
.RE
@ -364,22 +355,21 @@ a second place by using:
Note that the filesystem mount options will remain the same as those
on the original mount point.
.BR mount(8)
since v2.27 allow to change the options by passing the
.B \-o
option along with
.BR \-\-bind
for example:
.BR mount (8)
since v2.27 allows to change the mount options by passing the
relevant options along with
.BR \-\-bind .
For example:
.RS
.br
.B mount \-\-bind,ro foo foo
.RE
This feature is not supported by Linux kernel and it is implemented in userspace
by additional remount mount(2) syscall. This solution is not atomic.
This feature is not supported by the Linux kernel; it is implemented in userspace
by an additional \fBmount\fR(2) remounting syscall. This solution is not atomic.
The alternative (classic) way to create a read-only bind mount is to use remount
The alternative (classic) way to create a read-only bind mount is to use the remount
operation, for example:
.RS
@ -391,14 +381,15 @@ operation, for example:
.I olddir newdir
.RE
Note that read-only bind will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry), but the
original filesystem superblock will still be writable, meaning that the
Note that a read-only bind will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry),
but the original filesystem superblock will still be writable, meaning that the
.I olddir
will be writable, but the
.I newdir
will be read-only.
It's impossible to change mount options recursively (for example b \fB -o rbind,ro\fR).
It's impossible to change mount options recursively
(for example with \fB-o rbind,ro\fR).
.RE
.B The move operation.