Name
umount
Synopsis
umount [-f] [-v] [-ttypes
] { -a | -A | -hhostname
} umount [-f] [-v] {special
|mount_point
}
Removes mounted volumes from the directory hierarchy.
Options
-
-a
Unmount all filesystems listed in
fstab
-
-A
Unmount all currently mounted filesystems, other than root’s.
-
-f
Attempt to force the unmount.
-
-h
Unmount all filesystems currently mounted from the specified server.
-
-t
Restrict the use of the command to filesystems of the specified types presented in a comma-separated list, which may include
hfs
,ufs
,afp
,nfs
, or others.-
-v
Enable verbose output.
-
special
The form of this argument is particular to the type of filesystem being mounted and can be a disk device name, a fixed string, or something involving a server name and directory. See the individual
mount_type
entries for details.-
mount_point
The directory on which the filesystem is mounted.
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