On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 15:58 +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote: > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes: > > > On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 02:35 -0800, Harshal wrote: > > > i don't see any filesystem type, after file -s /dev/hda1, instead i see > > > the following, what's wrong? > > > > > > [harshal@aips ~]$ file -s /dev/hda1 > > > /dev/hda3: > > > [harshal@aips ~]$ > > Is that really the output you got from file(1), or did you hand edit > this? Your argument to file is /dev/hda1 and the output reports > something about /dev/hda3. This is very strange and suggests there is > something really broken on your system. Maybe it depends on the filesystem? This, from a reiserfs partition: $ file -s /dev/hda5 /dev/hda5: data > > That's because "file" looks at files, not devices. > > No, that's why I told to use the -s option. I stand corrected. [snip] -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away." Robert Fulghum
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