Document use of wildcards (*) and ampersands (&) in autofs map files.

Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1199
Reviewed by:	wblock@
MFC after:	1 month
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
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Edward Tomasz Napierala 2014-11-21 15:49:41 +00:00
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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd November 19, 2014
.Dd November 21, 2014
.Dt AUTO_MASTER 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ is the path component used by
.Xr automountd 8
to find the right map entry to use.
It is also used to form the final mountpoint.
A wildcard
.Pq Ql *
can be used for the key.
It matches every directory that does not match other keys.
Those directories will not be visible to the user
until accessed.
.Pp
The
.Ar options
@ -155,9 +161,20 @@ for a single key.
The
.Ar location
field specifies the filesystem to be mounted.
To pass location that begins with
Ampersands
.Pq Ql &
in the
.Ar location
field are replaced with the value of
.Ar key .
This is typically used with wildcards, like:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
.Li * 192.168.1.1:/share/&
.Ed
.Pp
To pass a location that begins with
.Li / ,
prefix it with colon.
prefix it with a colon.
For example,
.Li :/dev/cd0 .
.Pp