mountpoint

see if a directory is a mountpoint

Synopsis

/bin/mountpoint [-q] [-d] /path/to/directory
/bin/mountpoint -x /dev/device

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description

Mountpoint checks if the directory is a mountpoint.

options

-q

Be quiet - don’t print anything.

-d

Print major/minor device number of the filesystem on stdout.

-x

Print major/minor device number of the blockdevice on stdout.

exit status

Zero if the directory is a mountpoint, non-zero if not.

notes

Symbolic links are not followed, except when the -x option is used. To force following symlinks, add a trailing slash to the path of the directory.

The name of the command is misleading when the -x option is used, but the option is useful for comparing if a directory and a device match up, and there is no other command that can print the info easily.

see also

stat

author

Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels[:at:]cistron[:dot:]nl