MOUNT(2)

NAME
mount, umount - mount and unmount filesystems.

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>

int mount(const char *specialfile, const char * dir , const char * filesystemtype, unsigned long rwflag , const void * data);

int umount(const char *specialfile);

int umount(const char *dir);

DESCRIPTION
mount attaches the filesystem specified by specialfile (which is often a device name) to the directory specified by dir. umount removes the attachment of the filesystem specified by specialfile or dir. Only the super-user may mount and unmount filesystems. The filesystemtype argument may take one of the values listed in /proc/filesystems (like "minix", "ext2", "msdos", "proc", "nfs", "iso9660" etc.). The rwflag argument has the magic number 0xC0ED in the top 16 bits, and various mount flags (as defined in <linux/fs.h>) in the low order 16 bits:
#define MS_RDONLY    1 /* mount read-only */
#define MS_NOSUID    2 /* ignore suid and sgid bits */
#define MS_NODEV     4 /* disallow access to device special files */
#define MS_NOEXEC    8 /* disallow program execution */
#define MS_SYNC     16 /* writes are synced at once */
#define MS_REMOUNT  32 /* alter flags of a mounted FS */
#define MS_MGC_VAL 0xC0ED0000
If the magic number is absent, then the last two arguments are not used. The data argument is interpreted by the different file systems.

RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
The error values given below result from filesystem type independent errors. Each filesystem type may have its own special errors and its own special behavior. See the kernel source code for details.

EPERM
    The user is not the super-user.

ENODEV
    Filesystemtype not configured in the kernel.

ENOTBLK
    Specialfile is not a block device (if a device was required).

EBUSY
    Specialfile is already mounted. Or, it cannot be remounted read-only, because it still holds files open for writing. Or, it cannot be mounted on dir because dir is still busy (it is the working directory of some task, the mount point of another device, has open files, etc.).

EINVAL
    Specialfile had an invalid superblock. Or, a remount was attempted, while specialfile was not already mounted on dir. Or, an umount was attempted, while dir was not a mount point.

EFAULT
    One of the pointer arguments points outside the user address space.

ENOMEM
    The kernel could not allocate a free page to copy filenames or data into.

ENAMETOOLONG
    A pathname was longer than MAXPATHLEN.

ENOENT
    A pathname was empty or had a nonexistent component.

ENOTDIR
    The second argument, or a prefix of the first argument, is not a directory.

EACCES
    A component of a path was not searchable.
    Or, mounting a read-only filesystem was attempted without giving the MS_RDONLY flag.
    Or, the block device Specialfile is located on a filesystem mounted with the MS_NODEV option.

ENXIO
    The major number of the block device specialfile is out of range.

EMFILE
    (In case no block device is required:) Table of dummy devices is full.

CONFORMING TO
These functions are rather Linux-specific.

SEE ALSO
mount(8), umount(8)