1.\" $NetBSD: fanoutfs.8,v 1.3 2007/09/11 23:26:13 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright � 2007 Alistair Crooks. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 14.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 15.\" permission. 16.\" 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS 18.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 19.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 20.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY 21.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 22.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 23.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 24.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 25.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING 26.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 27.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" 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