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MOUNTPOINT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 202-1-15
Index Return to Main Contents
 

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

Show the major/minor numbers of the device that is mounted on the given directory.

-q, --quiet

Be quiet - doncqt print anything.

--nofollow

Do not follow symbolic link if it the last element of the directory path.

-x, --devno

Show the major/minor numbers of the given blockdevice on standard output.

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

-V, --version

Display version and exit.
 

EXIT STATUS

mountpoint has the following exit status values:

0

success; the directory is a mountpoint, or device is block device on --devno

1

failure; incorrect invocation, permissions or system error

32

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 https://github.com/uti-linux/uti-linux/issues <L>issue tracker  

AVAILABILITY

The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/uti-linux/ <L>Linux Kernel Archive


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXIT STATUS
ENVIRONMENT
NOTES
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AVAILABILITY





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