Hi *, shouldn't umount also work for a deleted backing file? # rm -v /media/sdb5/berny/git/util-linux/tests/output/mount/regfile.img removed `/media/sdb5/berny/git/util-linux/tests/output/mount/regfile.img' $ mount | grep regfile /media/sdb5/berny/git/util-linux/tests/output/mount/regfile.img (deleted) on /media/sdb5/berny/git/util-linux/tests/output/mount/regfile-mnt type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered) $ ../umount -v /media/sdb5/berny/git/util-linux/tests/output/mount/regfile.img umount: /media/sdb5/berny/git/util-linux/tests/output/mount/regfile.img: not found Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html