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.Dd March 26, 2007
.Dt FANOUTFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm fanoutfs
.Nd fan out file system implementation for refuse and puffs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl f Ar configfile
.Ar mount_point
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility can be used to mount a number of directories under one
mount point.
This kind of file system is traditionally known as a
fanout
file system, and also as a
union
file system.
.Pp
The mandatory parameters is
the local mount
point.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr puffs 3 ,
.Xr refuse 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 5.0 .