rmmount(1) User Commands rmmount(1)NAME
rmmount, rmumount - mounts and unmounts removable media
SYNOPSIS
rmmount [-u] [-o options] [nickname | device] [mount_point]
rmmount [-d] [-l]
rmumount [nickname | mount_point | device]
rmumount [-d] [-l]
DESCRIPTION
The rmmount and rmumount utilities mount and unmount removable or hot-
pluggable volumes. The optional argument can identify the volume by its
volume label, mount point or block device path.
rmmount can also take additional mount options if the user has suffi‐
cient privileges to override the default mount options.
Unmounting removable media does not result in its ejection. Use
eject(1) to optionally unmount and eject the media.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported for rmmount and rmumount:
-d Display the device path of the default device. This device is
used if no arguments are supplied.
-l Display the paths and nicknames of mountable devices.
The following options are supported for rmmount only:
-o options Display mount options. This option can only be used by
users that have privileges to override the system default
options.
-u Unmounts the volume as opposed to mounting it.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
device Specifies which device to mount or unmount, by the name
it appears in the directory /dev.
mount_point Specifies which device to mount or unmount, by the name
it appears in the directory /dev.
nickname Specifies which device to mount or unmount, by its nick‐
name as known to this command.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Mounting a USB disk
The following example mounts a USB disk with a volume label of PHOTOS:
example% rmmount PHOTOS
Example 2 Unmounting a pcfs Volume
The following example unmounts a pcfs volume by device path:
example% rmumount /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0:1
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
FILES
/media Default mount root.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │service/storage/media-volume-manager │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Uncommitted │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOeject(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 18 Sep 2006 rmmount(1)
