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AUTOMOUNT(8)		     System Manager's Manual		    AUTOMOUNT(8)

NAME
     automount -- update autofs mounts

SYNOPSIS
     automount [-D name=value] [-L] [-c] [-f] [-o options] [-v] [-u]

DESCRIPTION
     When  called  without  options,  the automount command parses the auto_mas-
     ter(5) configuration file and any	direct	maps  that  it	references,  and
     mounts  or  unmounts  autofs(4)  filesystems  to  match.  These options are
     available:

     -D  Define a variable.  It is only useful with -L.

     -L  Do not mount or unmount anything.  Instead parse 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.

     -c  Flush caches, discarding possibly stale information obtained from  maps
	 and directory services.

     -f  Force unmount, to be used with -u.

     -o  Specify  mount  options to be used along with the ones specified in the
	 maps.	It is only useful with -L.

     -u  Try to unmount filesystems mounted by automountd(8).  autofs(4)  mounts
	 are  not  unmounted.	To  unmount all autofs(4) mounts, use umount -At
	 autofs.

     -v  Increase verbosity.

EXIT STATUS
     The automount utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
     Unmount all filesystems mounted by automountd(8):
	   automount -u

SEE ALSO
     autofs(4), auto_master(5), automountd(8), autounmountd(8)

HISTORY
     The automount command appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.

AUTHORS
     The automount was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala  <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
     under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

FreeBSD ports 15.1		November 22, 2014		    AUTOMOUNT(8)

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