(Used in conjunction with *-a*.) Fork off a new incarnation of *mount* for each device. This will do the mounts on different devices or different NFS servers in parallel. This has the advantage that it is faster; also NFS timeouts proceed in parallel. A disadvantage is that the order of the mount operations is undefined. Thus, you cannot use this option if you want to mount both _/usr_ and _/usr/spool_.
*-f, --fake*::
-Causes everything to be done except for the mount-related system calls. The --fake option was originally designed to write an entry to /etc/mtab without actually mounting.
+Causes everything to be done except for the mount-related system calls. The *--fake* option was originally designed to write an entry to _/etc/mtab_ without actually mounting.
+
-The /etc/mtab is no longer maintained in userspace, and starting from version 2.39, the mount operation can be a complex chain of operations with dependencies between the syscalls. The --fake option forces libmount to skip all mount source preparation, mount option analysis, and the actual mounting process.
+The _/etc/mtab_ is no longer maintained in userspace, and starting from version 2.39, the mount operation can be a complex chain of operations with dependencies between the syscalls. The *--fake* option forces libmount to skip all mount source preparation, mount option analysis, and the actual mounting process.
+
-The difference between fake and non-fake execution is huge. This is the reason why the --fake option has minimal significance for the current mount(8) implementation and it is maintained mostly for backward compatibility.
+The difference between fake and non-fake execution is huge. This is the reason why the *--fake* option has minimal significance for the current *mount*(8) implementation and it is maintained mostly for backward compatibility.
*-i, --internal-only*::
Don't call the **/sbin/mount.**__filesystem__ helper even if it exists.
For more details, see the *FILESYSTEM-INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS* and *FILESYSTEM-SPECIFIC MOUNT OPTIONS* sections.
*--onlyonce*::
-Forces mount command to check if the filesystem is already mounted. This behavior is the default for *--all*; otherwise, it depends on the kernel filesystem driver. Some filesystems may be mounted more than once on the same mount point (e.g. tmpfs).
+Forces *mount* command to check if the filesystem is already mounted. This behavior is the default for *--all*; otherwise, it depends on the kernel filesystem driver. Some filesystems may be mounted more than once on the same mount point (e.g. tmpfs).
*--options-mode* _mode_::
Controls how to combine options from _fstab_/_mtab_ with options from the command line. _mode_ can be one of *ignore*, *append*, *prepend* or *replace*. For example, *append* means that options from _fstab_ are appended to options from the command line. The default value is *prepend* -- it means command line options are evaluated after _fstab_ options. Note that the last option wins if there are conflicting ones.
automatic filesystem detection is triggered by the "auto" filesystem type or
when the filesystem type is not specified.
+
-Thy _list_ follows how mount
+The _list_ follows how mount
evaluates type patterns (see *-t* for more details). Only specified filesystem
types are allowed, or all specified types are forbidden if the list is prefixed
by "no".
== ENVIRONMENT
*LIBMOUNT_FORCE_MOUNT2*={always|never|auto}::
-force to use classic mount(2) system call (requires support for new file descriptors based mount API). The default is *auto*; in this case, libmount tries to be smart and use classic mount(2) only for well-known issues. If the new mount API is unavailable, libmount can still use traditional mount(2), although LIBMOUNT_FORCE_MOUNT2 is set to *never*.
+force to use classic *mount*(2) system call (requires support for new file descriptors based mount API). The default is *auto*; in this case, libmount tries to be smart and use classic *mount*(2) only for well-known issues. If the new mount API is unavailable, libmount can still use traditional *mount*(2), although LIBMOUNT_FORCE_MOUNT2 is set to *never*.
*LIBMOUNT_FSTAB*=<path>::
overrides the default location of the _fstab_ file (ignored for suid)