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-.TH MOUNT 8 "July 2014" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.TH MOUNT 8 "August 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
mount \- mount a filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
If only the directory or the device is given, for example:
.RS
-
-.br
+.sp
.BI "mount /dir"
-.br
-
+.sp
.RE
then \fBmount\fR looks for a mountpoint (and if not found then for a device) in the
.IR /etc/fstab
.B \-\-source
options to avoid ambivalent interpretation of the given argument. For example:
.RS
-
-.br
+.sp
.BI "mount \-\-target /mountpoint"
-.br
-
+.sp
.RE
-
.B The listing.
.RS
The listing mode is maintained for backward compatibility only.
The following command lists all mounted filesystems (of type
.IR type ):
-
.RS
-.br
+.sp
.BR "mount " [ \-l "] [" "\-t \fItype\/\fP" ]
-.br
+.sp
.RE
-
The option \fB\-l\fR adds labels to this listing. See below.
.RE
.sp
.RE
any user can mount the iso9660 filesystem found on an inserted CDROM
-using the command
+using the command:
.RS
.sp
.B "mount /dev/cdrom"
-.sp
.RE
or
.RS
-.sp
.B "mount /cd"
.sp
.RE
Note that the filesystem mount options will remain the same as those
on the original mount point.
-.BR mount(8)
-since v2.27 allow to change the options by passing the
-.B \-o
-option along with
-.BR \-\-bind
-for example:
+.BR mount (8)
+since v2.27 allows to change the mount options by passing the
+relevant options along with
+.BR \-\-bind .
+For example:
.RS
.br
.B mount \-\-bind,ro foo foo
.RE
-This feature is not supported by Linux kernel and it is implemented in userspace
-by additional remount mount(2) syscall. This solution is not atomic.
+This feature is not supported by the Linux kernel; it is implemented in userspace
+by an additional \fBmount\fR(2) remounting syscall. This solution is not atomic.
-The alternative (classic) way to create a read-only bind mount is to use remount
+The alternative (classic) way to create a read-only bind mount is to use the remount
operation, for example:
.RS
.I olddir newdir
.RE
-Note that read-only bind will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry), but the
-original filesystem superblock will still be writable, meaning that the
+Note that a read-only bind will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry),
+but the original filesystem superblock will still be writable, meaning that the
.I olddir
will be writable, but the
.I newdir
will be read-only.
-It's impossible to change mount options recursively (for example b \fB -o rbind,ro\fR).
+It's impossible to change mount options recursively
+(for example with \fB-o rbind,ro\fR).
.RE
.B The move operation.