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34.Dd September 12, 2009
35.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mount_msdos
39.Nd mount an MS-DOS file system
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Op Fl o Ar options
43.Op Fl u Ar uid
44.Op Fl g Ar gid
45.Op Fl m Ar mask
46.Op Fl s
47.Op Fl l
48.Op Fl 9
49.\".Op Fl G
50.Op Fl L Ar locale
51.Op Fl W Ar table
52.Pa special
53.Pa node
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57command attaches the MS-DOS filesystem residing on
58the device
59.Pa special
60to the global filesystem namespace at the location
61indicated by
62.Pa node .
63This command is normally executed by
64.Xr mount 8
65at boot time, but can be used by any user to mount an
66MS-DOS file system on any directory that they own (provided,
67of course, that they have appropriate access to the device that
68contains the file system).
69.Pp
70The options are as follows:
71.Bl -tag -width Ds
72.It Fl o Ar options
73Use the specified mount
74.Ar options ,
75as described in
76.Xr mount 8 ,
77or one of the MS-DOS filesystem-specific options
78.Ar shortnames ,
79.Ar longnames
80or
81.Ar nowin95 ,
82all of which can be used to affect Windows name translation in the
83underlying filesystem.
84.It Fl u Ar uid
85Set the owner of the files in the file system to
86.Ar uid .
87The default owner is the owner of the directory
88on which the file system is being mounted.
89.It Fl g Ar gid
90Set the group of the files in the file system to
91.Ar gid .
92The default group is the group of the directory
93on which the file system is being mounted.
94.It Fl m Ar mask
95Specify the maximum file permissions for files
96in the file system.
97(For example, a
98.Ar mask
99of
100.Li 755
101specifies that, by default, the owner should have
102read, write, and execute permissions for files, but
103others should only have read and execute permissions.
104See
105.Xr chmod 1
106for more information about octal file modes.)
107Only the nine low-order bits of
108.Ar mask
109are used.
110The default
111.Ar mask
112is taken from the
113directory on which the file system is being mounted.
114.It Fl s
115Force behaviour to
116ignore and not generate Win'95 long filenames.
117.It Fl l
118Force listing and generation of
119Win'95 long filenames
120and separate creation/modification/access dates.
121.Pp
122If neither
123.Fl s
124nor
125.Fl l
126are given,
127.Nm
128searches the root directory of the filesystem to
129be mounted for any existing Win'95 long filenames.
130If no such entries are found, but short DOS filenames are found,
131.Fl s
132is the default.
133Otherwise
134.Fl l
135is assumed.
136.It Fl 9
137Ignore the special Win'95 directory entries even
138if deleting or renaming a file.
139This forces
140.Fl s .
141.\".It Fl G
142.\"This option causes the filesystem to be interpreted as an Atari-Gemdos
143.\"filesystem. The differences to the MS-DOS filesystem are minimal and
144.\"limited to the boot block. This option enforces
145.\".Fl s .
146.It Fl L Ar locale
147Specify locale name used for internal uppercase and lowercase conversions
148for DOS and Win'95 names.
149By default ISO 8859-1 assumed as local character set.
150.It Fl D Ar DOS_codepage
151Specify the MS-DOS code page (aka IBM/OEM code page) name used for
152file name conversions for DOS names.
153.El
154.Sh SEE ALSO
155.Xr mount 2 ,
156.Xr unmount 2 ,
157.Xr fstab 5 ,
158.Xr mount 8
159.Sh CAVEATS
160The use of the
161.Fl 9
162flag could result in damaged filesystems,
163albeit the damage is in part taken care of by
164procedures similar to the ones used in Win'95.
165.Pp
166.Fx 2.1
167and earlier versions could not handle cluster sizes larger than 16K.
168Just mounting an MS-DOS file system could cause corruption to any
169mounted file system.
170Cluster sizes larger than 16K are unavoidable for file system sizes
171larger than 1G, and also occur when filesystems larger than 1G are
172shrunk to smaller than 1G using FIPS.
173.Sh HISTORY
174The
175.Nm
176utility first appeared in
177.Fx 2.0 .
178Its predecessor, the
179.Nm mount_pcfs
180utility appeared in
181.Fx 1.0 ,
182and was abandoned in favor
183of the more aptly-named
184.Nm .
185