MOUNT.ZFS(8) System Manager's Manual MOUNT.ZFS(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

`mount.zfs` — mount ZFS filesystem

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

`mount.zfs` \[`-sfnvh`] \[`-o` `options`] `dataset` `mountpoint`

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The `mount.zfs` helper is used by [mount(8)](/man/os/zfs/mount.8) to mount filesystem snapshots and [**mountpoint=**](#mountpoint=)`legacy` ZFS filesystems, as well as by [zfs(8)](/man/os/zfs/zfs.8) when the [**ZFS\_MOUNT\_HELPER**](#ZFS_MOUNT_HELPER) environment variable is not set. Users should should invoke either [mount(8)](/man/os/zfs/mount.8) or [zfs(8)](/man/os/zfs/zfs.8) in most cases.

`options` are handled according to the [*Temporary Mount Point Properties*](#Temporary) section in [zfsprops(7)](/man/os/zfs/zfsprops.7), except for those described below.

If /etc/mtab is a regular file and `-n` was not specified, it will be updated via libmount.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[`-s`](#s)

Ignore unknown (sloppy) mount options.

[`-f`](#f)

Do everything except actually executing the system call.

[`-n`](#n)

Never update /etc/mtab.

[`-v`](#v)

Print resolved mount options and parser state.

[`-h`](#h)

Print the usage message.

[`-o`](#o) `zfsutil`

This private flag indicates that [mount(8)](/man/os/zfs/mount.8) is being called by the [zfs(8)](/man/os/zfs/zfs.8) command.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[fstab(5)](/man/os/zfs/fstab.5), [mount(8)](/man/os/zfs/mount.8), [zfs-mount(8)](/man/os/zfs/zfs-mount.8)

May 24, 2021 OpenZFS

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Document: mount.zfs(8) from zfs 2.4.4-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs