# phpman > man > mountpoint(1)

> **TLDR:** 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}}`

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## 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@redhat.com>>

## SEE ALSO
       [**mount**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mount/8/markdown)

## 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/>>.



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