Update man pages for /etc/exports.d

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / exportfs / exports.man

diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
index c726dd995b5b4bdeec3515b1820c677bf482127c..85e25d44368c66b5f9d00574e01de82c2354e7ca 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ storage (see
 .IR async
 above).
 
-In releases of nfs-utils up to and including 1.0.0, this option was the
+In releases of nfs-utils up to and including 1.0.0, the
+.I async 
+option was the
 default.  In all releases after 1.0.0,
 .I sync
 is the default, and
@@ -375,20 +377,6 @@ If the client asks for alternative locations for the export point, it
 will be given this list of alternatives. (Note that actual replication
 of the filesystem must be handled elsewhere.)
 
-.TP
-.IR refer= path@host[+host][:path@host[+host]]
-A client referencing the export point will be directed to choose from
-the given list an alternative location for the filesystem.
-(Note that the server must have a mountpoint here, though a different
-filesystem is not required; so, for example,
-.IR "mount --bind" " /path /path"
-is sufficient.)
-.TP
-.IR replicas= path@host[+host][:path@host[+host]]
-If the client asks for alternative locations for the export point, it
-will be given this list of alternatives. (Note that actual replication
-of the filesystem must be handled elsewhere.)
-
 .SS User ID Mapping
 .PP
 .B nfsd
@@ -456,6 +444,24 @@ export entry for
 .B /home/joe
 in the example section below, which maps all requests to uid 150 (which
 is supposedly that of user joe).
+.SS Extra Export Tables
+After reading 
+.I /etc/exports 
+.B exportfs
+reads files under 
+.I /etc/exports.d. 
+directory as extra export tables.
+.B exportfs
+regards only a file which name is ended with 
+.I .exports
+and
+not started with 
+.I . 
+as an extra export file. A file which name
+is not met this condition is just ignored.
+The format for extra export tables is the same as 
+.I /etc/exports
+.
 .IP
 .SH EXAMPLE
 .PP
@@ -501,6 +507,7 @@ all three mounts with the `sync' option enabled.
 '''entry.
 .SH FILES
 /etc/exports
+/etc/exports.d
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR exportfs (8),
 .BR netgroup (5),