test

System Administration Guide, Volume I

How to Find File System Names

  1. Display the contents of the /etc/vfstab file.


    $ more /etc/vfstab

  2. Look in the mount point column for the name of the file system.

  3. You will use the mount point in the mount point column when you back up the file system.

Example--Finding File System Names


$ more /etc/vfstab
#device         device            mount    FS   fsck  mount  mount
#to mount       to fsck           point    type pass at boot options
#
/proc             -                  /proc proc   -    no      -
swap              -                  /tmp  tmpfs  -    yes     -
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s0 /     ufs    1    no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s1 -                  -     swap   -    no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s6 /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6 /usr  ufs    2    no      -
mars:/share/kit -                    /kit  nfs    -    yes     -
mars:/db/doc    -                  /db/doc nfs    -    yes     -