Mounted File Systems Table

This table displays all the file systems that are currently mounted.

The mountpoint is the directory in the file hierarchy that the file system is mounted on.

The file system name is the name of the data set that is mounted on the mountpoint. Because a TFS is an in-storage file system and not a data set, its file system name is an arbitrary identifier.

There are three types of file systems:

If you want to change the TYPE of a file system -- for example, from an HFS to a TFS -- you must first remove the current definition and then add a new definition for the new type of file system. You cannot change the TYPE by editing the definition.

A file system can have one of two modes: