<s>
The	O
mtab	B-Application
(	O
contraction	O
of	O
mounted	O
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
table	O
)	O
file	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
information	O
file	O
,	O
commonly	O
found	O
on	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
file	O
lists	O
all	O
currently	O
mounted	B-Device
filesystems	I-Device
along	O
with	O
their	O
initialization	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
mtab	B-Application
has	O
a	O
lot	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
fstab	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
distinction	O
being	O
that	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
a	O
configuration	O
file	O
listing	O
which	O
available	O
filesystems	B-Application
should	O
be	O
mounted	O
on	O
which	O
mount	O
points	O
at	O
boot	O
time	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
former	O
lists	O
currently	O
mounted	O
ones	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
include	O
manually	O
mounted	O
ones	O
not	O
listed	O
in	O
fstab	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
mtab	B-Application
is	O
usually	O
in	O
a	O
format	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
fstab	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
directly	O
use	O
lines	O
from	O
mtab	B-Application
in	O
fstab	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
commonly	O
resides	O
in	O
/etc/mtab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sample	O
mtab	B-Application
contents	O
:	O
</s>
