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MOUNT(2) System Calls Manual MOUNT(2)

NAME
mount, umount - mount or umount a file system

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/mount.h>

int minix_mount(char *special, char *name, int mountflags, int srvflags, char *type, char *args)
int minix_umount(char *name, int srvflags)

DESCRIPTION
Mount() tells the system that the file system special is to be mounted
on the file name, effectively overlaying name with the file tree on
special. Name may of any type, except that if the root of special is a
directory, then name must also be a directory. Special must be a block
special file, or a NULL pointer. If a NULL pointer is passed, the file
system is mounted without a block device. Mountflags may be a bitwise
combination of the following flags:

MNT_RDONLY
Mount file system read-only, rather than read-write.

Srvflags may be a bitwise combination of the following flags:

MS_REUSE
Reuse the file system server image if possible.

MS_EXISTING
Do not start the file system server, but use existing one. The label
of the running file server is specified in Type.

Type is the type of the file system (e.g. "mfs"), used to pick a file
system server. If this parameter is NULL, the default type is used.
Args is a string with arguments passed to the file system server.
Their interpretation is up to the server. This parameter may be NULL
as well.

Umount() removes the connection between a device and a mount point,
name may refer to either of them. If more than one device is mounted
on the same mount point then unmounting at the mount point removes the
last mounted device, unmounting a device removes precisely that device.
The unmount will only succeed if none of the files on the device are in
use. Srvflags may be a bitwise combination of the following flags:

MS_EXISTING
Umount the file system but do not terminate the the file system
server.

These calls may only be executed by the super-user.