MOUNTPOINT(1)                   User Commands                  MOUNTPOINT(1)

NAME         top

       mountpoint - see if a directory or file is a mountpoint

SYNOPSIS         top

       mountpoint [-d|-q] directory | file

       mountpoint -x device

DESCRIPTION         top

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

OPTIONS         top

       -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.

       -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         top

       Zero if the directory or file is a mountpoint, non-zero if not.

AUTHOR         top

       Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>

ENVIRONMENT         top

       LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all
              enables libmount debug output.

NOTES         top

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

SEE ALSO         top

       mount(8)

AVAILABILITY         top

       The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package and is
       available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

COLOPHON         top

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util-linux                        July 2014                    MOUNTPOINT(1)

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