From 8e782a83958ad1eb49c6e78c006cefc3bdae3ab4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 12:18:49 +0100 Subject: mount: add note about "already mounted" behavior Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/448 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/mount.8 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'sys-utils/mount.8') diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index c5f7c1408..f492f7f25 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522