% podman-mount 1

## NAME
podman\-mount - Mount a working container's root filesystem

## SYNOPSIS
**podman mount** [*options*] [*container* ...]

**podman container mount** [*options*] [*container* ...]

## DESCRIPTION
Mounts the specified containers' root file system in a location which can be
accessed from the host, and returns its location.

Podman lists all of the currently mounted containers, including external containers, when the command is executed
without any arguments. External containers are containers in container/storage by tools other than Podman.
For example Buildah and CRI-O.

Rootless mode only supports mounting VFS driver, unless Podman is run within the user namespace
via the `podman unshare` command. All other storage drivers fails to mount.

## RETURN VALUE
The location of the mounted file system.  On error an empty string and errno is
returned.

## OPTIONS

#### **--all**, **-a**

Mount all podman containers. (External containers are not mounted)

#### **--format**=*format*

Print the mounted containers in specified format (json).

@@option latest

#### **--no-trunc**

Do not truncate the output (default *false*).

## EXAMPLES

In rootful mode, Mount specified container.
```
# podman mount c831414b10a3
/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/f3ac502d97b5681989dff84dfedc8354239bcecbdc2692f9a639f4e080a02364/merged
```

In rootless mode, container mounting only works from inside the user namespace.
```
$ podman unshare
# podman mount affectionate_mcnulty
/home/dwalsh/.local/share/containers/storage/overlay/4218326b9a80619aef005ff95067f76687ad975ce101c176598fb416f6186906/merged
```

List the currently mounted containers:
```
podman mount
c831414b10a3 /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/f3ac502d97b5681989dff84dfedc8354239bcecbdc2692f9a639f4e080a02364/merged
a7060253093b /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/0ff7d7ca68bed1ace424f9df154d2dd7b5a125c19d887f17653cbcd5b6e30ba1/merged
```

Mount multiple containers:
```
podman mount c831414b10a3 a7060253093b
/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/f3ac502d97b5681989dff84dfedc8354239bcecbdc2692f9a639f4e080a02364/merged
/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/0ff7d7ca68bed1ace424f9df154d2dd7b5a125c19d887f17653cbcd5b6e30ba1/merged
```

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-unmount(1)](podman-unmount.1.md)**, **[podman-unshare(1)](podman-unshare.1.md)**, **mount(8)**
