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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 7eedec75a..6771da949 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8487,6 +8487,7 @@ removal is requested. Equivalent to @option{-I}. When removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that is on a file system different from that of the corresponding command line argument. +@cindex bind mount This option is useful when removing a build ``chroot'' hierarchy, which normally contains no valuable data. However, it is not uncommon to bind-mount @file{/home} into such a hierarchy, to make it easier to @@ -10685,6 +10686,7 @@ The valid @var{format} directives for files with @option{--format} and @item %G - Group name of owner @item %h - Number of hard links @item %i - Inode number +@item %m - Mount point (See note below) @item %n - File name @item %N - Quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link @item %o - I/O block size @@ -10701,6 +10703,22 @@ The valid @var{format} directives for files with @option{--format} and @item %Z - Time of last change as seconds since Epoch @end itemize +The mount point printed by @samp{%m} is similar to that output +by @command{df}, except that: +@itemize @bullet +@item +stat does not dereference symlinks by default +(unless @option{-L} is specified) +@item +stat does not search for specified device nodes in the +file system list, instead operating on them directly +@item +@cindex bind mount +stat outputs the alias for a bind mounted file, +rather than its backing device. One can recursively call stat +until there is no change in output, to get the base mount point +@end itemize + When listing file system information (@option{--file-system} (@option{-f})), you must use a different set of @var{format} directives: |