DEFAULT_FS(5) File Formats and Configurations DEFAULT_FS(5)

NAME

default_fs, fs - specify the default file system type for local or
remote file systems

DESCRIPTION

When file system administration commands have both specific and
generic components (for example, fsck(8)), the file system type must
be specified. If it is not explicitly specified using the -F FSType
command line option, the generic command looks in /etc/vfstab in
order to determine the file system type, using the supplied raw or
block device or mount point. If the file system type can not be
determined by searching /etc/vfstab, the command will use the default
file system type specified in either /etc/default/fs or
/etc/dfs/dfstypes, depending on whether the file system is local or
remote.


The default local file system type is specified in /etc/default/fs by
a line of the form LOCAL=fstype (for example, LOCAL=ufs). The default
remote file system type is determined by the first entry in the
/etc/dfs/fstypes file.


File system administration commands will determine whether the file
system is local or remote by examining the specified device name. If
the device name starts with ``/'' (slash), it is considered to be
local; otherwise it is remote.


The default file system types can be changed by editing the default
files with a text editor.

FILES

/etc/vfstab
list of default parameters for each file system


/etc/default/fs
the default local file system type


/etc/dfs/fstypes
the default remote file system type

SEE ALSO

fstypes(5), vfstab(5), fsck(8)

March 20, 1992 DEFAULT_FS(5)