ubuntu unmount command

NAME

umount - unmount file systems

SYNOPSIS

umount [-hV]

umount -a [-dflnrv] [-t vfstype] [-O options]
umount [-dflnrv] dir | device [...]

DESCRIPTION

The umountcommand detaches the file system(s) mentioned from the file hierarchy.A file system is specified by giving the directory where ithas been mounted. Giving the special device on which the file system livesmay also work, but is obsolete, mainly because it will failin case this device was mounted on more than one directory.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 processhas its working directory there, or when a swap file on it is in use.The offending process could even beumountitself - it opens libc, and libc in its turn may open for examplelocale files.A lazy unmount avoids this problem.

Options for theumountcommand:

-V

Print version and exit.

-h

Print help message and exit.

-v

Verbose mode.

-n

Unmount without writing in /etc/mtab.

-r

In case unmounting fails, try to remount read-only.

-d

In case the unmounted device was a loop device, alsofree this loop device.

-a

All of the file systems described in /etc/mtabare unmounted. (With umountversion 2.7 and later: the procfilesystem is not unmounted.)

-t vfstype

Indicate that the actions should only be taken on file systems of thespecified type. More than one type may be specified in a comma separatedlist. The list of file system types can be prefixed with noto specify the file system types on which no action should be taken.

-O options

Indicate that the actions should only be taken on file systems withthe specified options in /etc/fstab.More than one option type may be specified in a comma separatedlist. Each option can be prefixed with noto specify options for which no action should be taken.

-f

Force unmount (in case of an unreachable NFS system).(Requires kernel 2.1.116 or later.)

-l

Lazy unmount. Detach the filesystem from the filesystem hierarchy now,and cleanup all references to the filesystem as soon as it is not busyanymore.(Requires kernel 2.4.11 or later.)

THE LOOP DEVICE

The umountcommand will free the loop device (if any) associatedwith the mount, in case it finds the option `loop=...' in /etc/mtab,or when the -d option was given.Any pending loop devices can be freed using `losetup -d', see losetup(8).