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.TH rmmount 1 "15 Aug 2011" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
rmmount, rmumount \- mounts and unmounts removable media
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBrmmount\fR  [\fB-u\fR] [\fB-o\fR \fIoptions\fR] [\fInickname\fR | \fIdevice\fR] [\fImount_point\fR]
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBrmmount\fR  [\fB-d\fR] [\fB-l\fR]
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBrmumount\fR  [\fInickname\fR | \fImount_point\fR | \fIdevice\fR]
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBrmumount\fR  [\fB-d\fR] [\fB-l\fR]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBrmmount\fR and \fBrmumount\fR utilities mount and unmount removable or hot-pluggable volumes. The optional argument can identify the volume by its volume label, mount point or block device path.
.sp
.LP
\fBrmmount\fR can also take additional mount options if the user has sufficient privileges to override the default mount options.
.sp
.LP
Unmounting removable media does not result in its ejection. Use \fBeject\fR(1) to optionally unmount and eject the media.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported for \fBrmmount\fR and \fBrmumount\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
Display the device path of the default device. This device is used if no arguments are supplied.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-l\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
Display the paths and nicknames of mountable devices.
.RE

.sp
.LP
The following options are supported for \fBrmmount\fR only:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-o\fR \fIoptions\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
.rt  
Display mount options. This option can only be used by users that have privileges to override the system default options.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-u\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
.rt  
Unmounts the volume as opposed to mounting it. 
.RE

.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.LP
The following operands are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIdevice\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
.rt  
Specifies which device to mount or unmount, by the name it appears in the  directory \fB/dev\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fImount_point\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
.rt  
Specifies which device to mount or unmount, by the name it appears in the  directory \fB/dev\fR.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fInickname\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 15n
.rt  
Specifies which device to mount or unmount, by its nickname as known to  this command.
.RE

.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRMounting a USB disk
.sp
.LP
The following example mounts a USB disk with a volume label of \fBPHOTOS\fR: 

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example% rmmount PHOTOS
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.LP
\fBExample 2 \fRUnmounting a \fBpcfs\fR Volume
.sp
.LP
The following example unmounts a \fBpcfs\fR volume by device path:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
example% rmumount /dev/dsk/c4t0d0p0:1
.fi
.in -2
.sp

.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.LP
The following exit values are returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
Successful completion. 
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB>\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
An error occurred.
.RE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/media\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
.rt  
Default mount root.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilitysystem/storage/media-volume-manager
_
Interface StabilityUncommitted
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBeject\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)