autofs-5.0.9 - clarify multiple mounts description From: Ian Kent Try and clarify the "Multiple Mounts" and "Replicated Server" sections in the autofs(5) man page. --- CHANGELOG | 1 + man/autofs.5 | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index 7c6be5a..0c46499 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ - fix memory leak in create_client(). - fix memory leak in get_exports(). - fix typo in flagdir configure option. +- clarify multiple mounts description. 28/03/2014 autofs-5.0.9 ======================= diff --git a/man/autofs.5 b/man/autofs.5 index c3a1611..46f3eb4 100644 --- a/man/autofs.5 +++ b/man/autofs.5 @@ -210,15 +210,19 @@ can be used to name multiple filesystems to mount. It takes the form: .RS +.2i .ta 1.0i .nf -.BI "key [" -options "] [mount-point [" -options "] location...]..." +.BI "key [ -options ] [[/] location [/relative-mount-point [ -options ] location...]..." .fi .RE .sp .P This may extend over multiple lines, quoting the line-breaks with \`\\\'. If present, the per-mountpoint mount-options are appended to the -default mount-options. +default mount-options. This behaviour may be overridden by the append_options +configuration setting. .SS Replicated Server +A mount location can specify multiple hosts for a location, portentially +with a different export path for the same file system. Historically these +different locations are read-only and provide the same replicated file system. .sp .RS +.2i .ta 1.5i