Re: parted is ALMOST suitable
On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 23:48:53 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 07 November 2016 19:15:50 Brian wrote:
> > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 18:42:37 +0100, Felipe Salvador wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 04:09:24PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > > > I get the same as you on Debian 8.6. On unstable the command 'lsblk -f'
> > > > shows all the fields populated. I wonder what Felipe Salvador is using?
> > >
> > > ~$ apt-show-versions util-linux
> > > util-linux:amd64/testing 2.28.2-1 uptodate
> > >
> > > ~$ cat /etc/debian_version
> > > stretch/sid
> >
> > This is my situation too. 'lsblk -f' works. If not working on Jessie is
> > thought to be a bug it is hardly worth reporting to the BTS except as a
> > wishlist bug. It is unlikely to be fixed for Jessie.
> >
> > Richard Owlett and others are fortunately left with two methods to
> > identify a file system on a mounted or unmounted partition as a user.
> > Certain operations on a Linux system may require root privileges;
> > getting this information is not one of them. In fact, the information
> > is also available in /run/udev and /run/blkid; so there is another two
> > sources.
>
> Speaking as a Jessie user, changing to root and using lsblk -f is quicker and
> easier!
>
> It is a remarkably useful command that I had not come across before.
> (The -f). Thanks to those in this thread who have introduced it. I must
> explore lsblk more fully.
Yes, it is a useful command and a shame that FSTYPE, UUID, and LABEL are
the only fields which need root to be displayed. It's likely #776905,
which is fixed on testing/unstable.
--
Brian.
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