MOUNTPOINT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: August 2019
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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
-
Show the major/minor numbers of the device that is mounted on the given
directory.
- -q, --quiet
-
Be quiet - don't 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.
- -V, --version
-
Display version information and exit.
- -h, --help
-
Display help text and exit.
EXIT STATUS
Zero if the directory or file is a mountpoint, non-zero if not.
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
Karel Zak <
kzak@redhat.com>
SEE ALSO
mount(8)
AVAILABILITY
The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.