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18.2.4. Moving a Mount Point

To change the directory in which a file system is mounted, use the following command:
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mount --move old_directory new_directory
See Example 18.8, “Moving an Existing NFS Mount Point” for an example usage.

Example 18.8. Moving an Existing NFS Mount Point

An NFS storage contains user directories and is already mounted in /mnt/userdirs/. As root, move this mount point to /home by using the following command:
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~]# mount --move /mnt/userdirs /home
To verify the mount point has been moved, list the content of both directories:
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~]# ls /mnt/userdirs
~]# ls /home
jill  joe
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