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Diffstat (limited to 'mount/umount.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | mount/umount.8 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mount/umount.8 b/mount/umount.8 index 08d39888d..0b67314c5 100644 --- a/mount/umount.8 +++ b/mount/umount.8 @@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Unmount without writing in .B \-r In case unmounting fails, try to remount read-only. .TP +.B \-d +In case the unmounted device was a loop device, also +free this loop device. +.TP .B \-a All of the file systems described in .I /etc/mtab @@ -92,7 +96,8 @@ The .B umount command will free the loop device (if any) associated with the mount, in case it finds the option `loop=...' in -.IR /etc/mtab . +.IR /etc/mtab , +or when the \-d option was given. Any pending loop devices can be freed using `losetup -d', see .BR losetup (8). |