Manual: mountpoint

MOUNTPOINT(1)						User Commands					       MOUNTPOINT(1)

NAME
       mountpoint - see if a directory or file is a mountpoint

SYNOPSIS
       mountpoint [-d|-q] directory|file

       mountpoint -x device

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

OPTIONS
       -d, --fs-devno
	   Show the major/minor numbers of the device that is mounted on the given directory.

       -q, --quiet
	   Be quiet - don’t print anything.

       --nofollow
	   Do not follow symbolic link if it the last element of the directory path.

       -x, --devno
	   Show the major/minor numbers of the given blockdevice on standard output.

       -h, --help
	   Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
	   Display version and exit.

EXIT STATUS
       mountpoint has the following exit status values:

       0
	   success; the directory is a mountpoint, or device is block device on --devno

       1
	   failure; incorrect invocation, permissions or system error

       32
	   failure; the directory is not a mountpoint, or device is not a block device on --devno

ENVIRONMENT
       LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all
	   enables libmount debug output.

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

AUTHORS
       Karel Zak 

SEE ALSO
       mount(8)

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker .

AVAILABILITY
       The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       .

util-linux 2.41.3					 2025-12-15					       MOUNTPOINT(1)