FUSERMOUNT(8) | System Manager's Manual | FUSERMOUNT(8)

# NAME

fusermount — manage librefuse mount items

# SYNOPSIS

fusermount | [-chpVx] [-d name] refuseoptions

fusermount | -u mountpoint(s)

# DESCRIPTION

The fusermount utility acts as a frontend to the refuse(3) library, allowing mounting and unmounting of refuse-based file systems.

There are essentially two forms of the fusermount command. The first, and default option, is to mount a refuse-based file system. By using the -u argument, the file system can be unmounted.

The arguments to fusermount are as follows:

-c
  Set a flag to enable kernel caching of files. At present this option has no effect.
-d name
  Make the name argument appear as the file system name in mount(8) and df(1) output.
-h
  Print a usage message and exit.
-p
  Check the file permissions. At present this option has no effect.
-V
  Display the fusermount version on stdout, and then exit successfully.
-x
  Allow mortal (non-root) users to access the file system. At present, this option has no effect.

The fusermount utility is included mainly for compatibility reasons, since some file systems demand its existence.

# EXIT STATUS

fusermount returns 0 for successful operation, or non-zero if one of the operations did not complete successfully.

# EXAMPLES

The command

> `fusermount -d ntfs-3g unused mount.ntfs-3g ntfs.img /mnt`

will mount the file ntfs.img on the directory /mnt. Please note the unused argument in the command, which is necessary for compatibility with other implementations of the fusermount command.

# SEE ALSO

df(1), puffs(3), refuse(3), mount(8)

# HISTORY

The fusermount utility first appeared in NetBSD 5.0.

# AUTHORS

The fusermount utility was written by Alistair Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

June 11, 2007 | NetBSD 6.0