# mnt point of a directory

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/mnt-point-of-a-directory/239357>\
**Category:** Shell Programming and Scripting\
**Created:** [May 5, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/mnt-point-of-a-directory/239357 "2009-05-05T11:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![tostay2003](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/tostay2003/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tostay2003](https://community.unix.com/u/tostay2003)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/mnt-point-of-a-directory/239357/1 "2009-05-05T11:51:25Z")

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how can we know mount point of a particular directory.

I want to know if a particular directory \<Dir1\> is a mount point somewhere and if so where especially i don't know where it fits with df -k command.