NAME
fstyp — determine file system type
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/fstyp
[-v]
special
DESCRIPTION
The
fstyp
command allows the user to determine the file system type of a
mounted or unmounted file system.
special
represents a device special file (for example:
/dev/dsk/c1t6d0).
The file system type is determined by reading the superblock of the
supplied
special
file. If the superblock is read successfully, the
command prints the file system type identifier
on the standard output and
exits with an exit status of
0.
If the type of the file system cannot
be identified, the error message
unknown_fstyp
(no matches)
is printed and the exit status is
1.
Exit status
2
is not currently
returned, but is reserved for the situation where the file system
matches more than one file system type. Any other error will cause
exit status
3
to be returned.
The file system type is determined by reading the
superblock of the supplied
special
file.
Options
- -v
Produce verbose output.
The output contains information about the
file system's superblock.
RETURN VALUE
fstyp
returns the following values:
- 0
Successful completion.
- 1
Unknown file system type.
- 2
File system matches more than one type.
- 3
Usage error or access problem.
If the printed message is "Can't send after socket shutdown", check with
your system administrator to make sure the
fsdaemon
is running properly on the system.
EXAMPLES
Find the type of the file system on a disk,
/dev/dsk/c1t6d0:
Find the type of the file system on a logical volume,
/dev/vg00/lvol6:
Find the file system type for a particular device file and also
information about its super block:
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