---
name: "xvmountconfig"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "xvmount"
version: "3.7-18"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xvmountconfig"
---

# xvmountconfig(8)

interactive xvmount configuration script

## NAME

**xvmountconfig** - interactive xvmount configuration script

## SYNOPSIS

**xvmountconfig** \[ **-h,****--help** \] \[ **--force** \] \[ **--automatic** \] \[ **--dir directory** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**xvmountconfig** creates the system configuration file for the graphical mount utility [**xvmount**(1)](/xvmount/1.md). It parses /etc/fstab for user mountable devices and asks the user for all drives that should appear in the widget of **xvmount.** From the selections it creates an xvmount configuration file **xvmounttab** either in /etc or in a selected directory.

A more flexible configuration of xvmount is possible by manually editing **/etc/xvmounttab** according to the  [**xvmount**(1)](/xvmount/1.md) man page.

## OPTIONS

- **-h,****--help**

  Print help about usage and exit.

- **--force**

  Force creation of new  **xvmount** configuration file even if it exists already.

- **--automatic**

  Automatically creates an  **xvmount** configuration file from /etc/fstab by using all user mountable devices and guessing appropriate names for them.

- **--dir directory**

  Creates xvmounttab in the given directory instead of /etc.

## FILES

- **/etc/xvmounttab**

  The system-wide  **xvmount** configuration file.

## NOTE

This script was written exclusively for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It is not a part of the upstream xvmount sources.

## BUGS

The script produces always an alphabetically ordered list of devices. Another display order in the widget is only possible by manually editing the xvmounttab file.

## AUTHOR

Volker Ossenkopf \<ossk@ph1.uni-koeln.de\>

## SEE ALSO

[**xvmount**(1)](/xvmount/1.md)