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MOUNT_PUFFS(8)              System Manager's Manual             MOUNT_PUFFS(8)

NAME
     mount_puffs - helper utility for mounting puffs/refuse file systems

SYNOPSIS
     mount_puffs [-o options] program[#source] mount_point

DESCRIPTION
     The mount_puffs utility simply executes the given program, allowing to
     mount puffs(4) and refuse(3) based file systems via mount -a or the
     fstab(5) file.

     This command is usually only executed by mount(8), as users can directly
     execute file servers to mount them.  The program parameter is either the
     path to the file server or the file name of it.  In the latter case the
     program is searched in the PATH variable.  The source parameter, when
     specified, will be passed to the program as its first non-option
     argument, with mount_point being the second one.

     The options are as follows:

     -o      Options are specified with a -o flag followed by a comma
             separated string of options.  They are passed to the program
             without any modifications except for getargs, which is typically
             used by mount -vv.  When there is getargs in the list,
             mount_puffs discards all the other options and prints the kernel
             arguments for a puffs(4) file system already mounted at
             mount_point.

EXAMPLES
     Mount dmesgfs at /dmesg:
           # mount_puffs dmesgfs /dmesg

     Or in fstab(5):
           dmesgfs  /dmesg  puffs  rw

     These are equivalent to:
           # dmesgfs /dmesg

     Mount /usr/bin/rot13fs for /home/foo at /mnt/rot13 with option -o rdonly:
           # mount_puffs -o rdonly /usr/bin/rot13fs#/home/foo /mnt/rot13

     Or in fstab(5):
           /usr/bin/rot13fs#/home/foo  /mnt/rot13  puffs  rdonly

     These are equivalent to:
           # /usr/bin/rot13fs -o rdonly /home/foo /mnt/rot13

SEE ALSO
     refuse(3), puffs(4), fusermount(8), mount(8)

HISTORY
     The mount_puffs utility first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

NetBSD 10.99                   November 23, 2016                  NetBSD 10.99