genfstab - generate output suitable for addition to an fstab file

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  SEE ALSO  BUGS  AUTHORS 

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NAME

genfstab − generate output suitable for addition to an fstab file

SYNOPSIS

genfstab [options] root

DESCRIPTION

genfstab helps fill in an fstab file by autodetecting all the current mounts below a given mountpoint and printing them in fstab−compatible format to standard output. It can be used to persist a manually mounted filesystem hierarchy and is often used during the initial install and configuration of an OS.

OPTIONS

−f <filter>

Restrict output to mountpoints matching the prefix filter.

−L

Use labels for source identifiers (shortcut for −t LABEL).

−p

Exclude pseudofs mounts (default behavior).

−P

Include pseudofs mounts.

−t <tag>

Use tag for source identifiers (should be one of: LABEL, UUID, PARTLABEL, PARTUUID).

−U

Use UUIDs for source identifiers (shortcut for −t UUID).

−h

Output syntax and command line options.

SEE ALSO

pacman(8)

BUGS

Bugs can be reported on the bug tracker https://bugs.archlinux.org in the Arch Linux category and title prefixed with [arch−install−scripts] or via arch−[email protected] [1] .

AUTHORS

Maintainers:

• Dave Reisner <[email protected] [2] >

• Eli Schwartz <[email protected] [3] >

For additional contributors, use git shortlog −s on the arch−install−scripts.git repository.

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