Veritas™ File System 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide

and Veritas-installed products, the generic mount command executes the VxFS
mount command from the directory /sbin/fs/vxfs. If the -F option is not
supplied, the command searches the file /etc/fstab for a file system and an
fstype matching the special file or mount point provided. If no file system type is
specified, mount uses the default file system type (VxFS).
To mount a file system
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Use the mount command to mount a file system:
mount [-F vxfs] [generic_options] [-r] [-o specific_options] \
special mount_point
File system type.vxfs
Options common to most other file system types.generic_options
Options specific to VxFS.specific_options
Mounts a Storage Checkpoint.-o ckpt=ckpt_name
Mounts a file system in shared mode. Available only with the VxFS
cluster file system feature.
-o cluster
A VxFS block special device.special
Directory on which to mount the file system.mount_point
Mounts the file system as read-only.-r
Mount options
The mount command has numerous options to tailor a file system for various
functions and environments.
The following table lists some of the specific_options:
If security is important, use blkclear to ensure that deleted files
are completely erased before the space is reused.
Security feature
If you specify the largefiles option, you can create files larger
than two gigabytes on the file system. The default option is
largefiles.
Support for large files
193Quick Reference
Mounting a file system