[ILUG] udev - determing file system type from partition

[Darragh Bailey]

Quoting Philip Reynolds <phil at hosting365.ie>:

> Darragh Bailey wrote:
> > So are there any utilities out there already that perform the following
> > a) take the partition node name and return the filesystem type on it.
>
> # file -s /dev/cciss/c0d0p7
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p7: Linux/i386 swap file (new style)

I keep forgetting that /dev/* are nothing more that special files, doh!.

Thanks for all the suggestions, just reminds me I need more coffee, possibly
lots of it!

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Darragh

"Nothing's foolproof to a sufficently talented fool"