Mount (Unix)
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The mount Unix commandline utility, instructs the operating system a file system is ready for usage.
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[edit] Syntax
Usage: mount -V : print version
mount -h : print this help
mount : list mounted filesystems
mount -l : idem, including volume labels
So far the informational part. Next the mounting.
The command is `mount [-t fstype] something somewhere'.
Details found in /etc/fstab may be omitted.
mount -a [-t|-O] ... : mount all stuff from /etc/fstab
mount device : mount device at the known place
mount directory : mount known device here
mount -t type dev dir : ordinary mount command
Note that one does not really mount a device, one mounts
a filesystem (of the given type) found on the device.
One can also mount an already visible directory tree elsewhere:
mount --bind olddir newdir
or move a subtree:
mount --move olddir newdir
A device can be given by name, say /dev/hda1 or /dev/cdrom,
or by label, using -L label or by uuid, using -U uuid .
Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd].
For many more details, say man 8 mount .
[edit] Example
- To mount a Samba share
mount -t smbfs //servername/sharename /mountdirectory -o username=mywindowsusername,password=mywindowspassword
- mounting a regular file as a loop device
mount -o loop /usr/diskimage /mnt
[edit] See also
- Mounting - discusses (generic) the act of mounting a device
- File system#File systems under Unix and Linux systems
- List of Unix programs
[edit] External links
[edit] Manual pages
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