MOUNTPOINT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2022-05-11
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NAME
mountpoint - see if a directory or file is a mountpoint
SYNOPSIS
mountpoint [-d|-q] directory|file
mountpoint -x device
DESCRIPTION
mountpoint checks whether the given directory or file is mentioned in the /proc/self/mountinfo file.
OPTIONS
-d, --fs-devno
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Show the major/minor numbers of the device that is mounted on the given directory.
-q, --quiet
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Be quiet - don't print anything.
--nofollow
-
Do not follow symbolic link if it the last element of the directory path.
-x, --devno
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Show the major/minor numbers of the given blockdevice on standard output.
-h, --help
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Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
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Print version and exit.
EXIT STATUS
mountpoint has the following exit status values:
0
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success; the directory is a mountpoint, or device is block device on --devno
1
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failure; incorrect invocation, permissions or system error
32
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failure; the directory is not a mountpoint, or device is not a block device on --devno
ENVIRONMENT
LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all
-
enables libmount debug output.
NOTES
The util-linux mountpoint implementation was written from scratch for libmount. The original version for sysvinit suite was written by Miquel van Smoorenburg.
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO
mount(8)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
<https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY
The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from
Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXIT STATUS
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- ENVIRONMENT
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- NOTES
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- AUTHORS
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- SEE ALSO
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- AVAILABILITY
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