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/.