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

NAME
     automount – mount autofs on the appropriate mount points

SYNOPSIS
     automount [-v] [-c] [-u] [-t timeout]

DESCRIPTION
     automount reads the /etc/auto_master file, and any local or network maps
     it includes, and mounts autofs on the appropriate mount points to cause
     mounts to be triggered.  If the auto_master file does not exist or is
     empty and a Directory Service is configured, the service will be queried
     for an auto_master map.  It will also attempt to unmount any top-level
     autofs mounts that correspond to maps no longer found.

OPTIONS
     -v      Print more detailed information about actions taken by automount.

     -c      Tell automountd(8) to flush any cached information it has.

     -u      Unmount all non-busy automounted mounts.  Top-level triggers are
             preserved.

     -t timeout
             Set to timeout seconds the time after which an automounted file
             system will be unmounted if it hasn't been referred to within
             that period of time.  The default is 1 hour (3600 seconds).

FILES
     /etc/autofs.conf
             configuration file for automount and automountd.

     /etc/auto_master
             The master map contains a list of directories to be controlled by
             autofs and their associated direct map or indirect maps.

SEE ALSO
     auto_master(5), automountd(8), autofs.conf(5)

Darwin                           July 17, 2010                          Darwin