---
name: "mount.exfat-fuse"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "exfat-utils"
version: "1.4.0-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mount.exfat-fuse"
---

# mount.exfat-fuse(8)

mount an exFAT file system

## NAME

mount.exfat-fuse - mount an exFAT file system

## SYNOPSIS

**mount.exfat-fuse** \[ **-d** \] \[ **-n** \] \[ **-o** *options* \] \[ **-V** \] \[ **-v** \] *device dir*

## DESCRIPTION

**mount.exfat-fuse** is a free exFAT file system implementation with write support. exFAT is a simple file system created by Microsoft. It is intended to replace FAT32 removing some of its limitations. exFAT is a standard FS for SDXC memory cards.

## COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

Command line options available:

- **-d**

  Enable debug logging and do not detach from shell.

- **-n**

  Ignored.

- **-o** *options*

  File system specific options. For more details see **FILE SYSTEM OPTIONS** section below.

- **-V**

  Print version and copyright.

- **-v**

  Ignored.

## FILE SYSTEM OPTIONS

- **umask=***value*

  Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that are **not** present, in octal). The default is 0.

- **dmask=***value*

  Set the umask for directories only.

- **fmask=***value*

  Set the umask for files only.

- **uid=***n*

  Set the owner for all files and directories. The default is the owner of the current process.

- **gid=***n*

  Set the group for all files and directories. The default is the group of the current process.

- **ro**

  Mount the file system in read only mode.

- **noatime**

  Do not update access time when file is read.

## EXIT CODES

Zero is returned on successful mount. Any other code means an error.

## BUGS

exFAT is a case-insensitive file system. Some things can behave unexpectedly, e.g. directory renaming that changes only case of some characters:

 **$ mv FOO Foo**\
  **mv: cannot move ’FOO’ to a subdirectory of itself, ’Foo/FOO’**

This happens because **mv** finds that destination exists (for case-insensitive file systems **FOO** and **Foo** are the same thing) and adds source basename to the destination. The file system gets **rename("FOO", "Foo/FOO")** syscall and returns an error.

## AUTHOR

Andrew Nayenko

## SEE ALSO

[**mount**(8)](/mount/8.md)