mount

Updated: September 28, 2024

Mount can list and also add filesystems into an operating system via directories.

Mount makes use of the following files:

FILE	Description
/etc/fstab	filesystem table
/etc/mtab	table of mounted fs. This file also used by umount
/etc/mtab~	lock file
/etc/mtab.tmp	temporary file
/etc/filesystems	list of fs types to try

Mount
  -t    # type of fs uses.
  -l    # displays all fs mounted
  -a    # mounts all devices described in /etc/fstab
  -T    # describes an alt fstab file
  -r    # read only mode mounted

Return Codes

Code Number	Description
0	success
1	incorrect invocation or permissions
2	system error ( out of memory, cannot fork, no more loop dev)
4	internal mount bug was encountered
8	interrupted by user
16	problems writing or locking /etc/mtab
32	mount failure
64	at least on mount succeeded but not all