AUTOMOUNT(8)            FreeBSD System Manager's Manual           AUTOMOUNT(8)

NAME

     automount - update autofs mounts

SYNOPSIS

     automount [-D name=value] [-L] [-c] [-f] [-o options] [-v] [-u]

DESCRIPTION

     When called without options, the automount command parses the
     auto_master(5) configuration file and any direct maps that it references,
     and mounts or unmounts autofs(4) filesystems to match.  These options are
     available:

     -D  Define a variable.  It is only useful with -L.

     -L  Do not mount or unmount anything.  Instead parse auto_master(5) and
         any direct maps, then print them to standard output.  When specified
         more than once, all the maps, including indirect ones, will be parsed
         and shown.  This is useful when debugging configuration problems.

     -c  Flush caches, discarding possibly stale information obtained from
         maps and directory services.

     -f  Force unmount, to be used with -u.

     -o  Specify mount options to be used along with the ones specified in the
         maps.  It is only useful with -L.

     -u  Try to unmount filesystems mounted by automountd(8).  autofs(4)
         mounts are not unmounted.  To unmount all autofs(4) mounts, use
         umount -At autofs.

     -v  Increase verbosity.

EXIT STATUS

     The automount utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

     Unmount all filesystems mounted by automountd(8):
           automount -u

SEE ALSO

     autofs(4), auto_master(5), automountd(8), autounmountd(8)

HISTORY

     The automount command appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.

AUTHORS

     The automount was developed by Edward Tomasz Napierala
     <trasz@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.

FreeBSD 15.1-STABLE-HBSD       November 22, 2014                  AUTOMOUNT(8)