Linux mountpoint Command

What is Linux mountpoint Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mountpoint command in Linux. mountpoint command is mountpoint - see if a directory or file is a mountpoint.

mountpoint Syntax#

mountpoint [-d|-q] directory | file
mountpoint -x device

mountpoint Examples#

mountpoint Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of mountpoint command. mountpoint command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for mountpoint command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man mountpoint

To open info page for mountpoint command we can use command below.

info mountpoint

To open help page from mountpoint command we can run command below.

mountpoint --help

Linux mountpoint Command Source Code#

You can find mountpoint command source code from the folowing repositories:

• mountpoint source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use mountpoint in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.