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NAME

6       mountpoint - see if a directory or file is a mountpoint
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SYNOPSIS

9       mountpoint [-d|-q] directory|file
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11       mountpoint -x device
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DESCRIPTION

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

18       -d, --fs-devno
19           Show the major/minor numbers of the device that is mounted on the
20           given directory.
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22       -q, --quiet
23           Be quiet - don’t print anything.
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25       --nofollow
26           Do not follow symbolic link if it the last element of the directory
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30           Show the major/minor numbers of the given blockdevice on standard
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33       -h, --help
34           Display help text and exit.
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36       -V, --version
37           Print version and exit.
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EXIT STATUS

40       mountpoint has the following exit status values:
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43           success; the directory is a mountpoint, or device is block device
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47           failure; incorrect invocation, permissions or system error
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50           failure; the directory is not a mountpoint, or device is not a
51           block device on --devno
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ENVIRONMENT

54       LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all
55           enables libmount debug output.
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NOTES

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

63       Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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SEE ALSO

66       mount(8)
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REPORTING BUGS

69       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
70       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.
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AVAILABILITY

73       The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package which can be
74       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
75       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
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