<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-remount-fs.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-remount-fs</refname>
- <refpurpose>Remount Root and Kernel File Systems</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Remount root and kernel file systems</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
listed in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>fstab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
to the root file system, the <filename>/usr</filename>
- file system and the kernel API virtual file
- systems. This is required so that the mount options of
- these file systems -- which are pre-mounted by the
- kernel, the initial RAM disk, container environments
- or system manager code -- are updated to those listed
- in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. This service
- ignores normal file systems and only changes the root
- file system (i.e. <filename>/</filename>),
+ file system and the kernel API file systems. This is
+ required so that the mount options of these file
+ systems -- which are pre-mounted by the kernel, the
+ initial RAM disk, container environments or system
+ manager code -- are updated to those listed in
+ <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. This service ignores
+ normal file systems and only changes the root file
+ system (i.e. <filename>/</filename>),
<filename>/usr</filename> and the virtual kernel API
file systems such as <filename>/proc</filename>,
<filename>/sys</filename> or
<filename>/dev/</filename>. This service executes no
operation if <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> does not
- exist or lists no entries for the mentioned file systems.</para>
+ exist or lists no entries for the mentioned file
+ systems.</para>
+
+ <para>For a longer discussion of kernel API file
+ systems see <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems">API
+ File Systems</ulink>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>