libmount Reference Manual: libmount Reference Manual

for libmount version 2.42-rc1

Copyright © 2010-2022 Karel Zak <[email protected]>

I. libmount Overview

II. High-level API

Library high-level context — high-level API to mount/umount devices.
Mount context — high-level API to mount operation.
Umount context — high-level API to umount operation.

III. Files parsing

Table of filesystems — container for entries from fstab, mtab or mountinfo
Filesystem — represents one entry from fstab, or mountinfo file

IV. Tables management

Locking — locking methods for utab or another libmount files
Tables update — userspace mount information management
Monitor — interface to monitor mount tables
Compare changes in mount tables — compare changes in the list of the mounted filesystems

V. Mount options

Options string — low-level API for working with mount options
Option maps — description for mount options

Library initialization — initialize debugging
Cache — paths and tags (UUID/LABEL) caching
Iterator — unified iterator
Utils — misc utils.
Version functions — functions to get the library version.