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NAME
findmnt - find a filesystem

SYNOPSIS
findmnt [options]

findmnt [options] device|mountpoint

findmnt [options] [--source] device [--target] mountpoint

DESCRIPTION
findmnt will list all mounted filesytems or search for a filesystem. The findmnt command
is able to search in /etc/fstab, /etc/mtab or /proc/self/mountinfo. If device or mount-
point is not given, all filesystems are shown.

The device may be specified by device name, maj:min, filesystem LABEL or UUID, or parti-
tion PARTUUID or PARTLABEL. Note that a device name may be interpreted as a mountpoint
(and vice versa) if the --target or --source options are not specified.

The command prints all mounted filesystems in the tree-like format by default.

OPTIONS
-A, --all
Disable all built-in filters and print all filesystems.

-a, --ascii
Use ascii characters for tree formatting.

-c, --canonicalize
Canonicalize all printed paths.

-D, --df
Imitate the output of df(1). This option is equivalent to -o
SOURCE,FSTYPE,SIZE,USED,AVAIL,USE%,TARGET but excludes all pseudo filesystems. Use
--all to print all filesystems.

-d, --direction word
The search direction, either forward or backward.

-e, --evaluate
Convert all tags (LABEL, UUID, PARTUUID or PARTLABEL) to the device names.

-F, --tab-file path
Search in an alternative file. If used with --fstab, --mtab or --kernel, then it
overrides the default paths. If specified more than once, then tree-like output is
disabled (see the --list option).

-f, --first-only
Print the first matching filesystem only.

-h, --help
Print help and exit.

-i, --invert
Invert the sense of matching.

-k, --kernel
Search in /proc/self/mountinfo. The output is in the tree-like format. This is
the default.

-l, --list
Use the list output format. This output format is automatically enabled if the
output is restricted by the -t, -O, -S or -T option and the option --submounts is
not used or if more that one source file (the option -F) is specified.

-m, --mtab
Search in /etc/mtab. The output is in the list format (see --list).

-N, --task tid
Use alternative namespace /proc/<tid>/mountinfo rather than the default
/proc/self/mountinfo. If the option is specified more than once, then tree-like
output is disabled (see the --list option). See also the unshare(1) command.

-n, --noheadings
Do not print a header line.

-O, --options list
Limit the set of printed filesystems. More than one option may be specified in a
comma-separated list. The -t and -O options are cumulative in effect. It is dif-
ferent from -t in that each option is matched exactly; a leading no at the begin-
ning does not have global meaning. The "no" can used for individual items in the
list. The "no" prefix interpretation can be disabled by "+" prefix.

-o, --output list
Define output columns. See the --help output to get a list of the currently sup-
ported columns. The TARGET column contains tree formatting if the --list or --raw
options are not specified.

The default list of columns may be extended if list is specified in the format
+list (e.g. findmnt -o +PROPAGATION).

-P, --pairs
Use key="value" output format. All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped
(\x<code>).

-p, --poll[=list]
Monitor changes in the /proc/self/mountinfo file. Supported actions are: mount,
umount, remount and move. More than one action may be specified in a comma-sepa-
rated list. All actions are monitored by default.

The time for which --poll will block can be restricted with the --timeout or
--first-only options.

The standard columns always use the new version of the information from the
mountinfo file, except the umount action which is based on the original information
cached by findmnt(8). The poll mode allows to use extra columns:

ACTION mount, umount, move or remount action name; this column is enabled by
default

OLD-TARGET
available for umount and move actions

OLD-OPTIONS
available for umount and remount actions

-R, --submounts
Print recursively all submounts for the selected filesystems. The restrictions
defined by options -t, -O, -S, -T and --direction are not applied to submounts.
All submounts are always printed in tree-like order. The option enables the tree-
like output format by default. This option has no effect for --mtab or --fstab.

-r, --raw
Use raw output format. All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped
(\x<code>).

-S, --source spec
Explicitly define the mount source. Supported are device, maj:min, LABEL=, UUID=,
PARTLABEL= or PARTUUID=.

-s, --fstab
Search in /etc/fstab. The output is in the list format (see --list).

-T, --target path
Explicitly define the mount target (mountpoint directory). If the path is not a
mountpoint file or directory than findmnt checks path elements in reverse order for
get the mountpoint (this feature is supported only if search in kernel files and
unsupported for --fstab).

-t, --types list
Limit the set of printed filesystems. More than one type may be specified in a
comma-separated list. The list of filesystem types can be prefixed with no to
specify the filesystem types on which no action should be taken. For more details
see mount(8).

-u, --notruncate
Do not truncate text in columns. The default is to not truncate the TARGET,
SOURCE, UUID, LABEL, PARTUUID, PARTLABEL columns. This option disables text trun-
cation also in all other columns.

-v, --nofsroot
Do not print a [/dir] in the SOURCE column for bind-mounts or btrfs subvolumes.

-w, --timeout milliseconds
Specify an upper limit on the time for which --poll will block, in milliseconds.

EXAMPLES
findmnt --fstab -t nfs
Prints all NFS filesystems defined in /etc/fstab.

findmnt --fstab /mnt/foo
Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems where the mountpoint directory is /mnt/foo. It
also prints bind mounts where /mnt/foo is a source.

findmnt --fstab --target /mnt/foo
Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems where the mountpoint directory is /mnt/foo.

findmnt --fstab --evaluate
Prints all /etc/fstab filesystems and converts LABEL= and UUID= tags to the real
device names.

findmnt -n --raw --evaluate --output=target LABEL=/boot
Prints only the mountpoint where the filesystem with label "/boot" is mounted.

findmnt --poll --target /mnt/foo
Monitors mount, unmount, remount and move on /mnt/foo.

findmnt --poll=umount --first-only --target /mnt/foo
Waits for /mnt/foo unmount.

findmnt --poll=remount -t ext3 -O ro
Monitors remounts to read-only mode on all ext3 filesystems.

ENVIRONMENT
LIBMOUNT_FSTAB=<path>
overrides the default location of the fstab file

LIBMOUNT_MTAB=<path>
overrides the default location of the mtab file

LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=0xffff
enables debug output

AUTHORS
Karel Zak <kzak AT redhat.com>