NAME

       fstab-decode - run a command with fstab-encoded arguments

SYNOPSIS

       fstab-decode COMMAND [ARGUMENT ...]

DESCRIPTION

       fstab-decode  decodes  escapes  (such  as  newline characters and other whitespace) in the
       specified ARGUMENTs and uses them to run COMMAND.  The argument  escaping  uses  the  same
       rules as path escaping in /etc/fstab, /etc/mtab and /proc/mtab.

       In  essence  fstab-decode  can  be  used  anytime we want to pass multiple parameters to a
       command as a list of command line arguments. It turns output like this:

       /root
       /mnt/remote-disk
       /home

       Into one long list of parameters, "/root /mnt/remote-disk /home". This
       can be useful when trying to work with multiple filesystems at once. For
       instance, we can use it to unmount multiple NFS shares. This program also
       removes whitespace and other characters which might cause programs such
       as mount(8) or umount(8) to fail.

EXIT STATUS

       fstab-decode exits with status 127 if COMMAND can't be run.  Otherwise it exits  with  the
       status returned by COMMAND.

EXAMPLES

       The  following  example  reads  fstab,  finds all instances of VFAT filesystems and prints
       their mount points (argument 2 in the fstab file).  fstab-decode then runs  the  specified
       program,  umount(8),  and  passes  it the list of VFAT mountpoints. This unmounts all VFAT
       partitions.

       fstab-decode umount $(awk '$3 == "vfat" { print $2 }' /etc/fstab)

SEE ALSO

       fstab(5)