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the -p parameter. This works around mountpoint not recognizing circular mounts where /a/b/c/d and /a/b are the same location (ie the same device and same inode). Closes Savannah bug #37114.
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'\" -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
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.\" Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Miquel van Smoorenburg.
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.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
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.\"
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.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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.\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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.\"
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.TH MOUNTPOINT 1 "Mar 15, 2004" "" "Linux System Administrator's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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mountpoint \- see if a directory is a mountpoint
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /bin/mountpoint
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.RB [ \-q ]
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.RB [ \-d ]
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.I /path/to/directory
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.br
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.B /bin/mountpoint
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.RB \-x
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.I /dev/device
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBMountpoint\fP checks if the directory is a mountpoint.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP \fB\-q\fP
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Be quiet - don't print anything.
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.IP \fB\-d\fP
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Print major/minor device number of the filesystem on stdout.
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.IP \fB\-x\fP
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Print major/minor device number of the blockdevice on stdout.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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Zero if the directory is a mountpoint, non-zero if not.
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.SH NOTES
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Symbolic links are not followed, except when the \fB-x\fP option is
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used. To force following symlinks, add a trailing slash to the
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path of the directory.
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.PP
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The name of the command is misleading when the -x option is used,
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but the option is useful for comparing if a directory and a device
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match up, and there is no other command that can print the info easily.
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.PP
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The mountpoint command fails when a directory is binded to one of its grandparents.
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For example, if /a/b/c/d is a mount point for /a/b then mountpoint will report
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/a/b/c/d is not a valid mount point. This is because both the original directory and
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its new mount point share the same inode and device number.
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.PP
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The circular mount problem can be worked around on Linux systems by using
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the -p flag to check the /proc/mounts file for references to the circular mount bind.
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When using the -p flag, make sure to specify the full path (ie /home/user/mp and
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not just mp). Also, mountpoint may still fail if there are spaces in
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the mount point's path, even when using the -p flag because of the way
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/proc/mounts mangles the spaces in the path name. Of course, if the
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admin is using circular mount points with spaces in the name, there
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are bigger concerns.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR stat (1)
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