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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/umount.8')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/umount.8 b/sys-utils/umount.8 index f3f419acc..80df50cc5 100644 --- a/sys-utils/umount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/umount.8 @@ -75,9 +75,17 @@ This option is only supported on systems where /etc/mtab is a symlink to /proc/mounts. .TP .BR \-c , " \-\-no\-canonicalize" -Do not canonicalize paths. For more details about this option see the +Do not canonicalize paths. The paths canonicalization is based on +.BR stat (2) +and +.BR readlink (2) +system calls. These system calls may hang in some cases (for example on NFS if +server is not available). The option has to be used with canonical path to the +mount point. + +For more details about this option see the .BR mount (8) -man page. Note that \fBumount\fR does not pass this option to the +man page. Note that \fBumount\fR does not pass this option to the .BI /sbin/umount. type helpers. .TP |