1 .\" Copyright 1993 Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>
2 .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
3 .TH SHOWMOUNT 8 "6 October 1993"
5 showmount \- show mount information for an NFS server
10 .B "[\ \-\-directories\ ]"
11 .B "[\ \-\-exports\ ]"
13 .B "[\ \-\-version\ ]"
17 queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about
18 the state of the NFS server on that machine. With no options
20 lists the set of clients who are mounting from that host.
24 appear as though it were processed through ``sort \-u''.
27 .BR \-a " or " \-\-all
28 List both the client hostname or IP address and mounted directory in
29 host:dir format. This info should not be considered reliable. See the notes
33 .BR \-d " or " \-\-directories
34 List only the directories mounted by some client.
36 .BR \-e " or " \-\-exports
37 Show the NFS server's export list.
39 .BR \-h " or " \-\-help
40 Provide a short help summary.
42 .BR \-v " or " \-\-version
43 Report the current version number of the program.
46 Suppress the descriptive headings from the output.
51 The completeness and accuracy of the information that
53 displays varies according to the NFS server's implementation.
57 sorts and uniqs the output, it is impossible to determine from
58 the output whether a client is mounting the same directory more than once.
60 Rick Sladkey <jrs@world.std.com>