UMOUNT.NFS
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 6 Jun 2006
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NAME
umount.nfs, umount.nfs4 - unmount a Network File System
SYNOPSIS
umount.nfs dir [-fvnrlh ]
DESCRIPTION
umount.nfs
and
umount.nfs4
are a part of
nfs(5)
utilities package, which provides NFS client functionality.
umount.nfs4
and
umount.nfs
are meant to be used by the
umount(8)
command for unmounting NFS shares. This subcommand, however, can also be used as a standalone command with limited functionality.
dir
is the directory on which the file system is mounted.
OPTIONS
- -f
-
Force unmount the file system in case of unreachable NFS system.
- -v
-
Be verbose.
- -n
-
Do not update
/etc/mtab.
By default, an entry is created in
/etc/mtab
for every mounted file system. Use this option to skip deleting an entry.
- -r
-
In case unmounting fails, try to mount read-only.
- -l
-
Lazy unmount. Detach the file system from the file system hierarchy now, and cleanup all references to the file system as soon as it is not busy anymore.
- -h
-
Print help message.
NOTE
For further information please refer
nfs(5)
and
umount(8)
manual pages.
FILES
- /etc/fstab
-
file system table
- /etc/mtab
-
table of mounted file systems
SEE ALSO
nfs(5),
umount(8),
AUTHOR
Amit Gud <
agud@redhat.com>