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mount — Get access to an entire filesystem in one directory. More information: <https://manned.org/mount.8>.

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Problem

How to use the mount command: Get access to an entire filesystem in one directory. More information: <https://manned.org/mount.8>.

Solution

mount — Get access to an entire filesystem in one directory. More information: <https://manned.org/mount.8>.

Show all mounted filesystems:
mount


Mount a device to a directory:
mount {{path/to/device_file}} {{path/to/target_directory}}


Create a specific directory if it does not exist and mount a device to it:
mount {{[-m|--mkdir]}} {{path/to/device_file}} {{path/to/target_directory}}


Mount a device to a directory for a specific user:
mount {{[-o|--options]}} uid={{user_id}},gid={{group_id}} {{path/to/device_file}} {{path/to/target_directory}}


Mount a CD-ROM device (with the filetype ISO9660) to /cdrom (readonly):
mount {{[-t|--types]}} iso9660 {{[-o|--options]}} ro {{/dev/cdrom}} /cdrom


Mount all the filesystems defined in /etc/fstab:
mount {{[-a|--all]}}


Mount a specific filesystem described in /etc/fstab (e.g. /dev/sda1 /path/to/mount_point ext2 defaults 0 2):
mount {{path/to/mount_point}}


Mount a directory to another directory:
mount {{[-B|--bind]}} {{path/to/old_directory}} {{path/to/new_directory}}

Code Snippets

Show all mounted filesystems

mount

Mount a device to a directory

mount {{path/to/device_file}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

Create a specific directory if it does not exist and mount a device to it

mount {{[-m|--mkdir]}} {{path/to/device_file}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

Mount a device to a directory for a specific user

mount {{[-o|--options]}} uid={{user_id}},gid={{group_id}} {{path/to/device_file}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

Mount a CD-ROM device (with the filetype ISO9660) to `/cdrom` (readonly)

mount {{[-t|--types]}} iso9660 {{[-o|--options]}} ro {{/dev/cdrom}} /cdrom

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tldr-pages: linux/mount

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