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.\"     Title: genfstab
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.\"      Date: 2019-01-11
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.TH "GENFSTAB" "1" "2019-01-11" "\ \&" "\ \&"
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.SH "NAME"
genfstab \- script to generate an fstab file based on mounted partitions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBgenfstab\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fIroot\fP
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-f\fP \fIFILTER\fP
.RS 4
Restrict output to mountpoints matching the prefix FILTER
.RE
.sp
\fB\-L\fP
.RS 4
Use labels for source identifiers (shortcut for \fI\-t LABEL\fP)
.RE
.sp
\fB\-p\fP
.RS 4
Exclude pseudofs mounts (default behavior)
.RE
.sp
\fB\-P\fP
.RS 4
Include pseudofs mounts
.RE
.sp
\fB\-t\fP \fITAG\fP
.RS 4
Use TAG for source identifiers.  Common options for TAG include: \fILABEL\fP, \fIUUID\fP, \fIPARTLABEL\fP, \fIPARTUUID\fP
.RE
.sp
\fB\-U\fP
.RS 4
Use UUIDs for source identifiers (shortcut for \fI\-t UUID\fP)
.RE
.sp
\fB\-h\fP
.RS 4
Print the help message
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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One can use genfstab to generate fstab entries for mounted partitions given a filesystem root.
This can be useful when installing or chrooting into a broken installation.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
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To generate an fstab file using UUIDs as identifiers, run:
.sp
.if n .RS 4
.nf
genfstab \-U /media/testing >> /media/testing/etc/fstab
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