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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