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Tim Schumacher <tim@××××××××××××.org> 2010-08-04 12:19: |
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> At Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:11:40 +0100, |
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> Tom Grace wrote: |
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> > On 08/04/2010 01:13 AM, GNUbie wrote: |
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> > > How can I check if a block device (partition) has one or any of the |
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> > > following characteristics: |
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> > > [1] raw |
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> > > |
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> > > [2] has content |
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> > > |
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> > > [3] formatted |
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> > > |
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> > > but without actually mounting it? |
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> > |
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> > testdisk (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) will tell you that. |
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> This works also as root: |
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> file -s /dev/sda1 |
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> greetings |
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> |
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> Tim |
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Having just cranked out something where I needed similar info [1] I |
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found that the file command doesn't understand all blockdev/filesystem |
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types. The blkid command is a little bit better at that. |
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Brian |
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[1] http://cae.wisc.edu/~bpkroth/src/san-snapshots/ |
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