The name of the command that performs the mount operation varies for different client implementations. For example, the Windows implementation uses the nfs link command while most UNIX and Linux implementations use the mount command.

Figure 1. Examples of mounting MVS data sets on Windows, UNIX and Linux clients. The Windows client is mounting the MVS data sets which begin with the high-level qualifier "A.X". The UNIX and Linux clients are mounting the MVS data sets which begin with the more inclusive high-level qualifier "A". The parentheses indicate a PDSE containing the members M1 and M2. The PDSEs A.B() and A.X.Y() appear as directories, and their members appear as files within those directories.