Linux "mountpoint" Command Line Options and Examples

see if a directory or file is a mountpoint

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

Usage:

mountpoint [-d|-q] directory | file

mountpoint -x device

Command Line Options:

-d

Show the major/minor numbers of the device that is mounted on the given directory.


                            mountpoint -d ...

-q

Be quiet - don't print anything.


                            mountpoint -q ...

-x

Show the major/minor numbers of the given blockdevice on standard output.


                            mountpoint -x ...

-V

Display version information and exit.


                            mountpoint -V ...

-h

Display help text and exit.EXIT STATUSZero if the directory or file is a mountpoint, non-zero if not.AUTHORKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>ENVIRONMENTLIBMOUNT_DEBUG=allenables libmount debug output.NOTESThe util-linux mountpoint implementation was written from scratch for libmount. The original version for sysvinit suite was writtenby Miquel van Smoorenburg.


                            mountpoint -h ...