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29.Dd March 26, 2007
30.Dt FANOUTFS 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm fanoutfs
34.Nd fan out file system implementation for refuse and puffs
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl v
38.Op Fl f Ar configfile
39.Ar mount_point
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43utility can be used to mount a number of directories under one
44mount point.
45This kind of file system is traditionally known as a
46fanout
47file system, and also as a
48union
49file system.
50.Pp
51The mandatory parameters is
52the local mount
53point.
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr puffs 3 ,
56.Xr refuse 3
57.Sh HISTORY
58The
59.Nm
60utility first appeared in
61.Nx 5.0 .
62