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

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/.