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TLDR: mountpoint (tldr-pages)

Test if a directory is a filesystem mountpoint.

  • Check if a directory is a mountpoint
    mountpoint {{path/to/directory}}
  • Check if a directory is a mountpoint without showing any output
    mountpoint {{-q|--quiet}} {{path/to/directory}}
  • Show major/minor numbers of a mountpoint's filesystem
    mountpoint {{-d|--fs-devno}} {{path/to/directory}}
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.

       -V, --version
           Display version information and exit.

       -h, --help
           Display help text 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 <kzak AT redhat.com>

SEE ALSO
       mount(8)

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY
       The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux
       Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.



util-linux 2.37.2                            2021-06-02                                MOUNTPOINT(1)

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