What happens if you mount to a non-empty mount point with fuse?

Question

I am new to fuse. When I try to run a FUSE client program I get this error:

fuse: mountpoint is not empty
fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the \'nonem         


        

Answer 1

For me the error message goes away if I unmount the old mount before mounting it again:

fusermount -u /mnt/point

If it's not already mounted you get a non-critical error:

$ fusermount -u /mnt/point

fusermount: entry for /mnt/point not found in /etc/mtab

So in my script I just put unmount it before mounting it.