fstyp(1M) — Amiga System V Release 4 Version 2.03



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NAME
     fstyp (generic) - determine file system type

SYNOPSIS
     fstyp [-v] special

DESCRIPTION
     fstyp allows the user to determine the file system  type  of
     unmounted file systems using heuristic programs.

     An fstyp module for each file system type to be  checked  is
     executed;  each  of  these  modules applies some appropriate
     heuristic to determine whether the supplied special file  is
     of  the  type  for  which  it checks.  If it is, the program
     prints on standard output the usual  file-system  identifier
     for  that type and exits with a return code of 0; if none of
     the modules succeed, the  error  message  unknownfstyp  (no
     matches)  is returned and the exit status is 1. If more than
     one module succeeds the error message unknownfstyp  (multi-
     ple  matches)  is  returned  and  the  exit status is 2. The
     options are:

     -v   Produce verbose output.  This  is  usually  information
          about  the  file  systems  superblock and varies across
          different FSTypes.

NOTES
     The use of heuristics implies that the result  of  fstyp  is
     not guaranteed to be accurate.


























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