Name
umount
Synopsis
umount [options
]device
|mount_point
System administration command. Unmount a mounted filesystem. device is a device name or other string indicating what is mounted. A mount_point is the name of a directory on which a device or other special object is mounted. See also mount.
Options
-
-a
May be used with multiple arguments to cause umount to attempt to do the unmounts in parallel.
-
-f
Force the unmounting of the filesystem. This option can be dangerous, use with caution.
-
-o
options
Provide filesystem-specific options in options. This is unusual when unmounting a filesystem. See mount for a list of options.
-
-V
Verify. umount prints out what it would do, without actually attempting the unmount. This may include the invocation of subsidiary, filesystem-specific unmount commands.
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