mountpoint(1) — Linux manual page

MOUNTPOINT(1)                 User Commands                 MOUNTPOINT(1)

NAME         top

       mountpoint - see if a directory or file is a mountpoint

SYNOPSIS         top

       mountpoint [-d|-q] directory|file

       mountpoint -x device

DESCRIPTION         top

       mountpoint checks whether the given directory or file is mentioned
       in the /proc/self/mountinfo file.

OPTIONS         top

       -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.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Display version and exit.

EXIT STATUS         top

       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         top

       LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all
           enables libmount debug output.

NOTES         top

       The util-linux mountpoint implementation was written from scratch
       for libmount. The original version for sysvinit suite was written
       by Miquel van Smoorenburg.

AUTHORS         top

       Karel Zak <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO         top

       mount(8)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker
       <AVAILABILITY          top
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util-linux 2.42-start-521-ec46  2025-01-16                  MOUNTPOINT(1)



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