| UML_MOUNT(1) | General Commands Manual | UML_MOUNT(1) |
NAME¶
uml_mount — allows to mount UMLFS file system using the fuse libraries
SYNOPSIS¶
uml_mount [mount-point] [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page documents briefly the uml_mount command.
This command uses the FUSE (File system in USErspace) libraries and invokes the FUSE_MOUNT function which expects a mount point and some parameters as arguments.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. For a practical example, please refer to the link below.
uml_mount is used to mount UMLFS file system.
ARGUMENTS¶
- mount-point
- This is the mount point where to mount the UMLFS file system with.
- [options]
- These are the other options accepted by the 'fuse_mount' function.
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General options:
- -h
- The "-h" option prints the help.
- -V
- The "-V" option prints the version.
- -o opt,[opt...]
- The "-o" option allows to provide further mount (only, not un-mount) option(s) to the command line.
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FUSE options:
- -d -o debug
- The "-d" option enable the debug output. It implies "-f".
- -f
- The "-f" option foregrounds the operation.
- -s
- The "-s" options disable multi-threaded operation.
- -o allow_other
- The "-o allow_other" option allows access to other users.
- -o allow_root
- The "-o allow_root" option allows access to root.
- -o nonempty
- The "-o nonempty" option allows mounts over non-empty file/dir.
- -o default_permissions
- The "-o default_permissions" enables permission checking by kernel.
- -o fsname=NAME
- The "-o fsname=NAME" option sets file system name.
- -o large_read
- The "-o large_read" option issues large read requests (2.4 only).
- -o max_read=N
- The "-o max_read=N" option sets the maximum size of read requests.
SEE ALSO¶
The HostFs (link to URL http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/new/hostfs.html) usage explanation within the User-Mode-Linux Web Site
AUTHOR¶
uml_mount was written by Jeff Dike.
This manual page was written by Stefano Melchior (stefano.melchior@openlabs.it) for the Debian GNU/Linux system, based on material in the Official User Mode Linux Web Site.