From fd2b0ce5d760e9ec2830f60842ed062ac0a5ba9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:17:27 +0100 Subject: umount: improve --recursive docs Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/umount.8 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/umount.8') diff --git a/sys-utils/umount.8 b/sys-utils/umount.8 index b8d435876..e49b59e67 100644 --- a/sys-utils/umount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/umount.8 @@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ to specify options for which no action should be taken. .TP \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR Recursively unmount each directory specified. Recursion for each directory will -stop if any unmount operation in the chain fails for any reason. +stop if any unmount operation in the chain fails for any reason. The relationship +between mountpoints is determined by /proc/self/mountinfo entries. The filesystem +must be specified by mountpoint path, recursive unmount by device name (or UUID) +is unsupported. .TP \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-read\-only\fR In case unmounting fails, try to remount read-only. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522