umount — unmount file systems
umount \-a [−dflnrv] [ −t fstype ] [ −O option... ]
umount [−dflnrv] directory | device ...
umount −h | −V
The umount command detaches the mentioned file system(s) from the file hierarchy. A file system is specified by giving the directory where it has been mounted. Giving the special device on which the file system lives may also work, but is obsolete, mainly because it will fail in case this device was mounted on more than one directory.
Note that a file system cannot be unmounted when it is 'busy' - for example, when there are open files on it, or when some process has its working directory there, or when a swap file on it is in use. The offending process could even be umount itself - it opens libc, and libc in its turn may open for example locale files. A lazy unmount avoids this problem.
−a,
−−allAll of the filesystems described in /etc/mtab are unmounted, except the
proc filesystem.
−A,
−−all−targetsUnmount all mountpoints in the current namespace for
the specified filesystem. The filesystem can be
specified by one of the mountpoints or the device name
(or UUID, etc.). When this option is used together with
−−recursive,
then all nested mounts within the filesystem are
recursively unmounted. This option is only supported on
systems where /etc/mtab is a symlink to
/proc/mounts.
−c,
−−no−canonicalizeDo not canonicalize paths. For more details about
this option see the mount(8) man page.
Note that umount does not pass
this option to the /sbin/umount.type helpers.
−d,
−−detach−loopWhen the unmounted device was a loop device, also free this loop device.
−−fakeCauses everything to be done except for the actual
system call or umount helper execution; this 'fakes'
unmounting the filesystem. It can be used to remove
entries from /etc/mtab
that were unmounted earlier with the −n option.
−f,
−−forceForce an unmount (in case of an unreachable NFS system). (Requires kernel 2.1.116 or later.)
Note that this option does not guarantee that umount command does not hang. It's strongly recommended to use absolute paths without symlinks to avoid unwanted readlink and stat syscalls on unreachable NFS in umount.
−i,
−−internal−onlyDo not call the /sbin/umount.filesystem helper
even if it exists. By default such a helper program is
called if it exists.
−l,
−−lazyLazy unmount. Detach the filesystem from the file hierarchy now, and clean up all references to this filesystem as soon as it is not busy anymore. (Requires kernel 2.4.11 or later.)
−n,
−−no−mtabUnmount without writing in /etc/mtab.
−O,
−−test−opts option...Unmount only the filesystems that have the specified
option set in /etc/fstab.
More than one option may be specified in a
comma-separated list. Each option can be prefixed with
no to indicate that no
action should be taken for this option.
−R,
−−recursiveRecursively unmount each specified directory. Recursion for each directory will stop if any unmount operation in the chain fails for any reason. The relationship between mountpoints is determined by /proc/self/mountinfo entries. The filesystem must be specified by mountpoint path; a recursive unmount by device name (or UUID) is unsupported.
−r,
−−read−onlyWhen an unmount fails, try to remount the filesystem read-only.
−t,
−−types type...Indicate that the actions should only be taken on
filesystems of the specified type. More than one
type may be specified in a comma-separated list. The
list of filesystem types can be prefixed with
no to indicate that no
action should be taken for all of the mentioned
types.
−v,
−−verboseVerbose mode.
−V,
−−versionDisplay version information and exit.
−h,
−−helpDisplay help text and exit.
The umount
command will free the loop device associated with a mount
when it finds the option loop=... in /etc/mtab, or when the −d option was given. Any still
associated loop devices can be freed by using losetup -d; see losetup(8).
The syntax of external unmount helpers is:
umount.suffix {directory|device} [−flnrv] [−ttype.subtype]
where suffix
is the filesystem type (or the value from a uhelper= or helper= marker in the mtab
file). The −t option can be
used for filesystems that have subtype support. For
example:
umount.fuse −t fuse.sshfs
A uhelper=something marker
(unprivileged helper) can appear in the /etc/mtab file when ordinary users need to
be able to unmount a mountpoint that is not defined in
/etc/fstab (for example for a
device that was mounted by udisks(1)).
A helper=type marker in the mtab
file will redirect all unmount requests to the /sbin/umount.type helper independently
of UID.
LIBMOUNT_FSTAB=<path>overrides the default location of the fstab file (ignored for suid)
LIBMOUNT_MTAB=<path>overrides the default location of the mtab file (ignored for suid)
LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=allenables libmount debug output
The umount command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive
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