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authorKarel Zak2018-02-05 12:18:49 +0100
committerKarel Zak2018-02-05 12:18:49 +0100
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mount: add note about "already mounted" behavior
Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/448 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ options to avoid ambivalent interpretation of the given argument. For example:
.sp
.RE
+The same filesystem may be mounted more than once, and in some cases (e.g.
+network filesystems) the same filesystem maybe be mounted on the same
+mountpoint more times. The mount command does not implement any policy to
+control this behavior. All behavior is controlled by kernel and it is usually
+specific to filesystem driver. The exception is \fB\-\-all\fR, in this case
+already mounted filesystems are ignored.
+
.SS Listing the mounts
The listing mode is maintained for backward compatibility only.