---
name: "filesystem"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "mountall"
version: "2.54"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/filesystem/7"
---

# filesystem(7)

event signalling that filesystems have been mounted

## NAME

filesystem - event signalling that filesystems have been mounted

## SYNOPSIS

**filesystem** \[*ENV*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

The **filesystem** event is generated by the [**mountall**(8)](/man/mountall/8.md) daemon after it has mounted all filesystems listed in [**fstab**(5)](/man/fstab/5.md). [**mountall**(8)](/man/mountall/8.md) emits this event as an informational signal, services and tasks started or stopped by this event will do so in parallel with other activity.

## EXAMPLE

A service that wishes to be running once filesystems are mounted might use:

```
start on filesystem
```

## SEE ALSO

[**mounting**(7)](/man/mounting/7.md) [**mounted**(7)](/man/mounted/7.md) [**virtual-filesystems**(7)](/man/virtual-filesystems/7.md) [**local-filesystems**(7)](/man/local-filesystems/7.md) [**remote-filesystems**(7)](/man/remote-filesystems/7.md) [**all-swaps**(7)](/man/all-swaps/7.md)