fstyp(1M) fstyp(1M)
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 unknown_fstyp (no matches) is
returned and the exit status is 1. If more than one module
succeeds the error message unknown_fstyp (multiple 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.
NOTICES
The use of heuristics implies that the result of fstyp is not
guaranteed to be accurate.
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