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33 .\" @(#)mount_fdesc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/27/94
40 .Nd mount the file-descriptor file system
49 command attaches an instance of the per-process file descriptor
50 namespace to the global filesystem namespace.
51 The conventional mount point is
53 and the filesystem should be union mounted in order to augment,
54 rather than replace, the existing entries in
56 The directory specified by
58 is converted to an absolute path before use.
60 This command is normally executed by
64 The options are as follows:
65 .Bl -tag -width indent
67 Options are specified with a
69 flag followed by a comma separated string of options.
72 man page for possible options and their meanings.
75 The contents of the mount point are
84 is a directory whose contents
85 appear as a list of numbered files
86 which correspond to the open files of the process reading the
92 refer to file descriptors which can be accessed through the file
94 If the file descriptor is open and the mode the file is being opened
95 with is a subset of the mode of the existing descriptor, the call:
96 .Bd -literal -offset indent
97 fd = open("/dev/fd/0", mode);
101 .Bd -literal -offset indent
102 fd = fcntl(0, F_DUPFD, 0);
112 appear as symlinks to the relevant entry in the
115 Opening them is equivalent to the following calls:
116 .Bd -literal -offset indent
117 fd = fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_DUPFD, 0);
118 fd = fcntl(STDOUT_FILENO, F_DUPFD, 0);
119 fd = fcntl(STDERR_FILENO, F_DUPFD, 0);
133 entry is an indirect reference to the current process's controlling terminal.
134 It appears as a named pipe (FIFO) but behaves in exactly the same way as
135 the real controlling terminal device.
137 .Bl -tag -width /dev/stderr -compact
153 utility first appeared in
156 This filesystem may not be NFS-exported.