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halmount(1)							   User Commands						       halmount(1)

NAME
halmount - mount and umount filesystems via hal SYNOPSIS
halmount [OPTIONS]... <device|label> [mountpoint] halmount -u [OPTIONS]... <device|label|mountpoint> halmount -e [OPTIONS]... <device|label|mountpoint> DESCRIPTION
halmount can mount and umount filesystems via hal. Hotpluggable devices and media such as USB sticks and CD-ROMs are typically not entered into /etc/fstab and are therefore not mountable by normal users via the mount(8) command. Instead hal provides methods to mount and umount such devices. Additionally it's also possible to eject devices. For devices like USB sticks eject means the device cannot be mounted again until the stick is re-plugged, ie a "save remove" feature. OPTIONS
-t TYPE specify the file system type to use -o OPTIONS specify mount options -v verbose listing of devices -u umount specified device -e umount and eject specified device -a perform requested mount/umount/eject operation all available devices --listudi list UDIs of devices, useful for debugging EXAMPLES
halmount list all mountable devices known to hal halmount /dev/hdc mount device hdc on default mount point (/media/volumelabel) halmount /dev/hdc cdrom mount device hdc on /media/cdrom halmount -u "Holiday Pictures" umount device that has the label "Holiday Pictures" SEE ALSO
mount(8), umount(8), eject(1), fstab(5) SUSE Linux November 2006 halmount(1)

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MOUNT(2)							System Calls Manual							  MOUNT(2)

NAME
mount, umount - mount or umount a file system SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> #include <sys/mount.h> int mount(char *special, char *name, int flag) int umount(char *name) DESCRIPTION
Mount() tells the system that the file system special is to be mounted on the file name, effectively overlaying name with the file tree on special. Name may of any type, except that if the root of special is a directory, then name must also be a directory. Special must be a block special file, except for loopback mounts. For loopback mounts a normal file or directory is used for special, which must be seen as the root of a virtual device. Flag is 0 for a read-write mount, 1 for read-only. Umount() removes the connection between a device and a mount point, name may refer to either of them. If more than one device is mounted on the same mount point then unmounting at the mount point removes the last mounted device, unmounting a device removes precisely that device. The unmount will only succeed if none of the files on the device are in use. Both calls may only be executed by the super-user. SEE ALSO
mount(1), umount(1). AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl) MOUNT(2)
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