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35.Dd January 23, 2009
36.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm mount_msdos
40.Nd mount an MS-DOS file system
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl 9Gls
44.Op Fl g Ar gid
45.Op Fl M Ar mask
46.Op Fl m Ar mask
47.Op Fl o Ar options
48.Op Fl t Ar gmtoff
49.Op Fl u Ar uid
50.Pa special
51.Pa node
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55command attaches the MS-DOS filesystem residing on
56the device
57.Pa special
58to the global filesystem namespace at the location
59indicated by
60.Pa node .
61Both
62.Ar special
63and
64.Ar node
65are converted to absolute paths before use.
66This command is normally executed by
67.Xr mount 8
68at boot time, but can be used by any user to mount an
69MS-DOS file system on any directory that they own (provided,
70of course, that they have appropriate access to the device that
71contains the file system).
72.Pp
73Support for FAT16 and VFAT32 as well as long file names is available.
74.Pp
75The options are as follows:
76.Bl -tag -width XoXoptionsXX
77.It Fl 9
78Ignore the special Win'95 directory entries even
79if deleting or renaming a file.
80This forces
81.Fl s .
82.It Fl G
83This option causes the filesystem to be interpreted as an Atari-Gemdos
84filesystem.
85The differences to the MSDOS filesystem are minimal and
86limited to the boot block.
87This option enforces
88.Fl s .
89.It Fl g Ar gid
90Set the group of the files in the file system to
91.Ar gid .
92The default group is the group of the directory
93on which the file system is being mounted.
94.It Fl l
95Force listing and generation of
96Win'95 long filenames
97and separate creation/modification/access dates.
98.Pp
99If neither
100.Fl s
101nor
102.Fl l
103are given,
104.Nm
105searches the root directory of the filesystem to
106be mounted for any existing Win'95 long filenames.
107If the filesystem is not empty and no such entries are found,
108.Fl s
109is the default.
110Otherwise
111.Fl l
112is assumed.
113.It Fl M Ar mask
114Specify the maximum file permissions for directories
115in the file system.
116The value of
117.Fl m
118is used if it is supplied and
119.Fl M
120is omitted.
121.It Fl m Ar mask
122Specify the maximum file permissions for files
123in the file system.
124(For example, a mask of
125.Li 755
126specifies that, by default, the owner should have
127read, write, and execute permissions for files, but
128others should only have read and execute permissions.
129See
130.Xr chmod 1
131for more information about octal file modes.)
132Only the nine low-order bits of
133.Ar mask
134are used.
135The value of
136.Fl M
137is used if it is supplied and
138.Fl m
139is omitted.
140The default mask is taken from the
141directory on which the file system is being mounted.
142.It Fl o Ar options
143Use the specified mount
144.Ar options ,
145as described in
146.Xr mount 8 .
147.It Fl s
148Force behaviour to
149ignore and not generate Win'95 long filenames.
150See also
151.Fl l .
152.It Fl t Ar gmtoff
153Set the time zone offset (in seconds) from UTC to
154.Ar gmtoff ,
155with positive values indicating east of the Prime Meridian.
156If not set, the user's current time zone will be used.
157.It Fl u Ar uid
158Set the owner of the files in the file system to
159.Ar uid .
160The default owner is the owner of the directory
161on which the file system is being mounted.
162.El
163.Sh EXAMPLES
164To remove the 'execute' permission bit for all files, but still keep
165directories searchable, use:
166.Bl -item -offset indent
167.It
168mount_msdos -m 0644 -M 0755 /dev/wd0e /msdos
169.El
170.Sh SEE ALSO
171.Xr mount 2 ,
172.Xr unmount 2 ,
173.Xr fstab 5 ,
174.Xr mount 8
175.Sh HISTORY
176The
177.Nm
178utility first appeared in
179.Nx 0.9 .
180Its predecessor, the
181.Ic mount_pcfs
182utility appeared in
183.Nx 0.8 ,
184and was abandoned in favor
185of the more aptly-named
186.Nm .
187.Sh BUGS
188Compressed partitions are not supported.
189.Pp
190The use of the
191.Fl 9
192flag could result in damaged filesystems,
193albeit the damage is in part taken care of by
194procedures similar to the ones used in Win'95.
195.Pp
196The default handling for
197.Fl s
198and
199.Fl l
200will result in empty filesystems to be populated
201with short filenames only.
202To generate long filenames
203on empty DOS filesystems use
204.Fl l .
205