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36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt GETFSENT 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm getfsent ,
41.Nm getfsspec ,
42.Nm getfsfile ,
43.Nm setfsent ,
44.Nm endfsent
45.Nd get file system descriptor file entry
46.Sh LIBRARY
47.Lb libc
48.Sh SYNOPSIS
49.In fstab.h
50.Ft struct fstab *
51.Fn getfsent void
52.Ft struct fstab *
53.Fn getfsspec "const char *spec"
54.Ft struct fstab *
55.Fn getfsfile "const char *file"
56.Ft int
57.Fn setfsent void
58.Ft void
59.Fn endfsent void
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Fn getfsent ,
63.Fn getfsspec ,
64and
65.Fn getfsfile
66functions
67each return a pointer to an object with the following structure
68containing the broken-out fields of a line in the file system
69description file,
70.In fstab.h .
71.Bd -literal -offset indent
72struct fstab {
73	char	*fs_spec;	/* block special device name */
74	char	*fs_file;	/* file system path prefix */
75	char	*fs_vfstype;	/* File system type, ufs, nfs */
76	char	*fs_mntops;	/* Mount options ala -o */
77	char	*fs_type;	/* FSTAB_* from fs_mntops */
78	int	fs_freq;	/* dump frequency, in days */
79	int	fs_passno;	/* pass number on parallel fsck */
80};
81.Ed
82.Pp
83The fields have meanings described in
84.Xr fstab 5 .
85.Pp
86The
87.Fn setfsent
88function
89opens the file (closing any previously opened file) or rewinds it
90if it is already open.
91.Pp
92The
93.Fn endfsent
94function
95closes the file.
96.Pp
97The
98.Fn getfsspec
99and
100.Fn getfsfile
101functions
102search the entire file (opening it if necessary) for a matching special
103file name or file system file name.
104.Pp
105For programs wishing to read the entire database,
106.Fn getfsent
107reads the next entry (opening the file if necessary).
108.Pp
109All entries in the file with a type field equivalent to
110.Dv FSTAB_XX
111are ignored.
112.Sh RETURN VALUES
113The
114.Fn getfsent ,
115.Fn getfsspec ,
116and
117.Fn getfsfile
118functions
119return a
120.Dv NULL
121pointer on
122.Dv EOF
123or error.
124The
125.Fn setfsent
126function
127returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.
128The
129.Fn endfsent
130function
131returns nothing.
132.Sh FILES
133.Bl -tag -width /etc/fstab -compact
134.It Pa /etc/fstab
135.El
136.Sh SEE ALSO
137.Xr fstab 5
138.Sh HISTORY
139The
140.Fn getfsent
141function appeared in
142.Bx 4.0 ;
143the
144.Fn endfsent ,
145.Fn getfsfile ,
146.Fn getfsspec ,
147and
148.Fn setfsent
149functions appeared in
150.Bx 4.3 .
151.Sh BUGS
152These functions use static data storage;
153if the data is needed for future use, it should be
154copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
155