Associate a physical device to a specific directory in the Linux file system.
mount [options]
device directory
-a mounts all devices listed in the
/etc/fstab file.
-h displays a Help message and exits.
-r mounts the device for read-only (no writing allowed).
-t
fstype specifies the file system type on the device.
-v displays verbose messages.
-V displays the version number and exits.
The
mount command attaches the contents of a physical device to a specific directory on the Linux file system. For example, you may mount a CD-ROM at the
/mnt/cdrom directory. Then, you can access the contents of the CD-ROM at the
/mnt/cdrom directory (in other words, the root directory of the CD-ROM appears as
/mnt/cdrom after the mount operation). To see the listing of the
RedHat directory on the CD-ROM, type ls /mnt/cdrom/RedHat.