---
name: "proc_filesystems"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/proc_filesystems"
---

# proc\_filesystems(5)

supported filesystems

## NAME

/proc/filesystems - supported filesystems

## DESCRIPTION

- */proc/filesystems*

  A text listing of the filesystems which are supported by the kernel, namely filesystems which were compiled into the kernel or whose kernel modules are currently loaded. (See also [**filesystems**(5)](/filesystems/5.md).) If a filesystem is marked with "nodev", this means that it does not require a block device to be mounted (e.g., virtual filesystem, network filesystem).

-

  Incidentally, this file may be used by [**mount**(8)](/mount/8.md) when no filesystem is specified and it didn't manage to determine the filesystem type. Then filesystems contained in this file are tried (excepted those that are marked with "nodev").

## SEE ALSO

[**proc**(5)](/proc/5.md)