---
name: "rsbackup-mount"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rsbackup"
version: "10.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rsbackup-mount"
---

# rsbackup-mount(1)

mount encrypted or unencrypted disks used by rsbackup

## NAME

rsbackup-mount - mount encrypted or unencrypted disks used by rsbackup

## SYNOPSIS

**rsbackup-mount** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[**--**\] \[*DEVICES*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**rsbackup-mount** mounts and unmounts encrypted or unencrypted partitions used as backup stores by [**rsbackup**(1)](/rsbackup/1.md).

## OPTIONS

- **--unmount, -u**

  Unmount devices. (The default is to mount devices.)

- **--check, -c**

  Check for available devices that aren't open.

- **--dry-run, -n**

  Do nothing, instead print the commands that would be executed.

- **--key-file *PATH*, -k *PATH***

  Pass the argument **--key-file** *PATH* to **cryptsetup**.

- **--help, -h**

  Display usage message.

- **--version, -V**

  Display version string.

## CONFIGURATION

Configuration is read from */etc/rsbackup/devices*. This is a shell script fragment. It should set **devices** to a (space-separated) list of device names and for each device name *D*, define *D***\_uuid** to its UUID. To specify that a device is unencrypted (i.e. that it just requires mounting or unmounting), define *D***\_plain** as a non-empty string for that device. (Have a look in */dev/disk/by-uuid* to find device UUIDs).

### Example

```
# List names of devices here
devices="backup3 backup4"
# For each device, define DEVICE_uuid
# e.g. devicename_uuid=8f4171f0-007d-4083-a40c-407e5f9c24dd
backup3_uuid=8f4171f0-007d-4083-a40c-407e5f9c24dd
backup4_uuid=80a1ca0d-d07a-4195-9da1-8cbb9fbc11b9
# For any device that isn't encrypted, define DEVICE_plain
# e.g. devicename_plain=1
backup3_plain=1
```

## SEE ALSO

[**rsbackup**(1)](/rsbackup/1.md), [**rsbackup.cron**(1)](/rsbackup.cron/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Richard Kettlewell \<rjk@greenend.org.uk\>