.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software .\" must display the following acknowledgement: .\" This product includes software developed by the University of .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software .\" without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)getfsent.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" .Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt GETFSENT 3 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME .Nm getfsent , .Nm getfsspec , .Nm getfsfile , .Nm setfsent , .Nm endfsent .Nd get file system descriptor file entry .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Ft struct fstab * .Fn getfsent void .Ft struct fstab * .Fn getfsspec "const char *spec" .Ft struct fstab * .Fn getfsfile "const char *file" .Ft int .Fn setfsent void .Ft void .Fn endfsent void .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn getfsent , .Fn getfsspec , and .Fn getfsfile functions each return a pointer to an object with the following structure containing the broken-out fields of a line in the file system description file, .Aq Pa fstab.h . .Bd -literal -offset indent struct fstab { char *fs_spec; /* block special device name */ char *fs_file; /* file system path prefix */ char *fs_vfstype; /* type of file system */ char *fs_mntops; /* comma separated mount options */ char *fs_type; /* rw, ro, sw, or xx */ int fs_freq; /* dump frequency, in days */ int fs_passno; /* pass number on parallel dump */ }; .Ed .Pp The fields have meanings described in .Xr fstab 5 . .Pp The .Fn setfsent function opens the file (closing any previously opened file) or rewinds it if it is already open. .Pp The .Fn endfsent function closes the file. .Pp The .Fn getfsspec and .Fn getfsfile functions search the entire file (opening it if necessary) for a matching special file name or file system file name. .Pp For programs wishing to read the entire database, .Fn getfsent reads the next entry (opening the file if necessary). .Pp All entries in the file with a type field equivalent to .Dv FSTAB_XX are ignored. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn getfsent , .Fn getfsspec , and .Fn getfsfile functions return a null pointer (0) on .Dv EOF or error. The .Fn setfsent function returns 0 on failure, 1 on success. The .Fn endfsent function returns nothing. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/fstab -compact .It Pa /etc/fstab .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fstab 5 .Sh HISTORY The .Fn getfsent function appeared in .Bx 4.0 ; the .Fn endfsent , .Fn getfsfile , .Fn getfsspec , and .Fn setfsent functions appeared in .Bx 4.3 . .Sh BUGS These functions use static data storage; if the data is needed for future use, it should be copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.