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. -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Print version 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 SEE ALSO mount(8) REPORTING BUGS For bug reports, use the issue tracker at . AVAILABILITY The mountpoint command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive . util-linux 2.40 2024-04-01 MOUNTPOINT(1)