1default_fs(4) File Formats default_fs(4)
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6 default_fs, fs - specify the default file system type for local or
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10 When file system administration commands have both specific and generic
11 components (for example, fsck(1M)), the file system type must be speci‐
12 fied. If it is not explicitly specified using the -F FSType command
13 line option, the generic command looks in /etc/vfstab in order to
14 determine the file system type, using the supplied raw or block device
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22 line of the form LOCAL=fstype (for example, LOCAL=ufs). The default
23 remote file system type is determined by the first entry in the
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37 /etc/vfstab list of default parameters for each file system
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40 /etc/default/fs the default local file system type
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51SunOS 5.11 20 Mar 1992 default_fs(4)