systemd-mount Command Examples

Establish and destroy transient mount or auto-mount points. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-mount.html.

• Mount a file system (image or block device) at /run/media/system/LABEL where LABEL is the filesystem label or the device name if there is no label:

systemd-mount {{path/to/file_or_device}}

• Mount a file system (image or block device) at a specific location:

systemd-mount {{path/to/file_or_device}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

• List all local, known block devices with file systems that may be mounted:

systemd-mount --list

• Create an automount point that mounts the actual file system at the time of first access:

systemd-mount --automount=yes {{path/to/file_or_device}}

• Unmount one or more devices:

systemd-mount --umount {{path/to/mount_point_or_device1}} {{path/to/mount_point_or_device2}}

• Mount a file system (image or block device) with a specific file system type:

systemd-mount --type={{file_system_type}} {{path/to/file_or_device}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

• Mount a file system (image or block device) with additional mount options:

systemd-mount --options={{mount_options}} {{path/to/file_or_device}} {{path/to/mount_point}}