'\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*- .\" Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Miquel van Smoorenburg. .\" .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by .\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or .\" (at your option) any later version. .\" .\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software .\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA .\" .TH MOUNTPOINT 1 "Mar 15, 2004" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual" .SH NAME mountpoint \- see if a directory is a mountpoint .SH SYNOPSIS .B /bin/mountpoint .RB [ \-q ] .RB [ \-d ] .I /path/to/directory .br .B /bin/mountpoint .RB \-x .I /dev/device .SH DESCRIPTION \fBMountpoint\fP checks if the directory is a mountpoint. .SH OPTIONS .IP \fB\-q\fP Be quiet - don't print anything. .IP \fB\-d\fP Print major/minor device number of the filesystem on stdout. .IP \fB\-x\fP Print major/minor device number of the blockdevice on stdout. .SH EXIT STATUS Zero if the directory is a mountpoint, non-zero if not. .SH NOTES Symbolic links are not followed, except when the \fB-x\fP option is used. To force following symlinks, add a trailing slash to the path of the directory. .PP 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. .PP .SH AUTHOR Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR stat (1)