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.Dd November 25, 2017
.Dt AUTOMOUNT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm automount
.Nd update autofs mounts
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl cfLuv
.Op Fl D Ar name=value
.Op Fl o Ar options
.Sh DESCRIPTION
When called without options, the
.Nm
command parses the
.Xr auto_master 5
configuration file and any direct maps that it references, and mounts
or unmounts
.Xr autofs 5
file systems to match.
These options are available:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fl v"
.It Fl c
Flush caches, discarding possibly stale information obtained from maps
and directory services.
.It Fl D
Define a variable.
It is only useful with
.Fl L .
.It Fl f
Force unmount, to be used with
.Fl u .
.It Fl L
Do not mount or unmount anything.
Instead parse
.Xr auto_master 5
and any direct maps, then print them to standard output.
When specified more than once, all the maps, including indirect ones,
will be parsed and shown.
This is useful when debugging configuration problems.
.It Fl o
Specify mount options to be used along with the ones specified in the maps.
It is only useful with
.Fl L .
.It Fl u
Try to unmount file systems mounted by
.Xr automountd 8 .
.Xr autofs 5
mounts are not unmounted.
To unmount all
.Xr autofs 5
mounts, use
.Cm "umount -At autofs".
.It Fl v
Increase verbosity.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES
Unmount all file systems mounted by
.Xr automountd 8 :
.Pp
.Dl Nm Fl u
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr auto_master 5 ,
.Xr autofs 5 ,
.Xr automountd 8 ,
.Xr autounmountd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Fx 10.1 .
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Dx 4.5 .
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Nx 9.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
was developed by
.An Edward Tomasz Napierala Aq Mt trasz@FreeBSD.org
under sponsorship from the
.Fx
Foundation.
.Pp
The
.Nm
was ported to
.Dx
and
.Nx
by
.An Tomohiro Kusumi Aq Mt tkusumi@netbsd.org .