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.\" Title: mountpoint
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.20
.\" Date: 2026-02-18
.\" Manual: User Commands
.\" Source: util-linux 2.42-rc1
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "MOUNTPOINT" "1" "2026-02-18" "util\-linux 2.42\-rc1" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
mountpoint \- see if a directory or file is a mountpoint
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBmountpoint\fP [\fB\-d\fP|\fB\-q\fP] \fIdirectory\fP|\fIfile\fP
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\fBmountpoint\fP \fB\-x\fP \fIdevice\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBmountpoint\fP checks whether the given \fIdirectory\fP or \fIfile\fP is a mountpoint. On kernels that support the \fBstatmount\fP(2) system call (Linux 6.8 and newer), it uses that interface. On older kernels, it falls back to reading \fI/proc/self/mountinfo\fP.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-d\fP, \fB\-\-fs\-devno\fP
.RS 4
Show the major/minor numbers of the device that is mounted on the given directory.
.RE
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\fB\-q\fP, \fB\-\-quiet\fP
.RS 4
Be quiet \- don\(cqt print anything.
.RE
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\fB\-\-nofollow\fP
.RS 4
Do not follow symbolic link if it the last element of the \fIdirectory\fP path.
.RE
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\fB\-x\fP, \fB\-\-devno\fP
.RS 4
Show the major/minor numbers of the given blockdevice on standard output.
.RE
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\fB\-\-show\fP
.RS 4
Print the mountpoint path for the given path. This resolves the given directory or file to its actual mountpoint, which is useful with bind mounts, symlinks, or paths within filesystems. This option requires kernel support for the \fBstatmount\fP(2) system call (Linux 6.8 and newer). On older kernels, this option will fail with an error message.
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Display help text and exit.
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
.RS 4
Display version and exit.
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
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\fBmountpoint\fP has the following exit status values:
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\fB0\fP
.RS 4
success; the directory is a mountpoint, or device is block device on \fB\-\-devno\fP
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\fB1\fP
.RS 4
failure; incorrect invocation, permissions or system error
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\fB32\fP
.RS 4
failure; the directory is not a mountpoint, or device is not a block device on \fB\-\-devno\fP
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
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\fBLIBMOUNT_DEBUG\fP=all
.RS 4
enables libmount debug output.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
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The util\-linux \fBmountpoint\fP implementation was written from scratch for libmount. The original version for sysvinit suite was written by Miquel van Smoorenburg.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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.MTO "kzak\(atredhat.com" "Karel Zak" ""
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBmount\fP(8)
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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For bug reports, use the \c
.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "issue tracker" "."
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBmountpoint\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."
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