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Re: external drive



On Monday 02 December 2019 08:28:41 David Wright wrote:

> On Mon 02 Dec 2019 at 05:50:29 (-0500), rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Monday, December 02, 2019 04:51:01 AM Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > I have since discovered that they are already installed on this
> > > stretch install, but man pages seem to be on missing list.
> > > Example: gene@coyote:~$ man exfat-fuse
> > > No manual entry for exfat-fuse
> > > gene@coyote:~$ man exfat-utils
> > > No manual entry for exfat-utils
> > > gene@coyote:~$ man exfat
> > > No manual entry for exfat
> >
> > Try googling for those man pages, then read them online.  (Perhaps
> > they won't be fully Debian specific, but should be a help.
> >
> > I found:
> >
> > https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/8-mount.exfat-fuse/
> >
> > There are presumably others (I didn't really scan the google
> > results).
>
> It looks as if Gene needs to install apt-file, which could have solved
> both finding the package and locating its man pages simply with:
>
> $ apt-file find exfat
> debian-installer-10-netboot-amd64:
> /usr/lib/debian-installer/images/10/amd64/gtk/debian-installer/amd64/g
>rub/x86_64-efi/exfat.mod debian-installer-10-netboot-amd64:
> /usr/lib/debian-installer/images/10/amd64/text/debian-installer/amd64/
>grub/x86_64-efi/exfat.mod debian-installer-10-netboot-arm64:
> /usr/lib/debian-installer/images/10/arm64/text/debian-installer/arm64/
>grub/arm64-efi/exfat.mod debian-installer-10-netboot-i386:
> /usr/lib/debian-installer/images/10/i386/gtk/debian-installer/i386/gru
>b/i386-efi/exfat.mod debian-installer-10-netboot-i386:
> /usr/lib/debian-installer/images/10/i386/text/debian-installer/i386/gr
>ub/i386-efi/exfat.mod exfat-fuse: /sbin/mount.exfat
> exfat-fuse: /sbin/mount.exfat-fuse
> exfat-fuse: /usr/share/doc/exfat-fuse/changelog.Debian.gz
> exfat-fuse: /usr/share/doc/exfat-fuse/changelog.gz
> exfat-fuse: /usr/share/doc/exfat-fuse/copyright
> exfat-fuse: /usr/share/man/man8/mount.exfat-fuse.8.gz
> exfat-fuse: /usr/share/man/man8/mount.exfat.8.gz
> exfat-utils: /sbin/dumpexfat
> exfat-utils: /sbin/exfatfsck
> exfat-utils: /sbin/exfatlabel
> exfat-utils: /sbin/fsck.exfat
> exfat-utils: /sbin/mkexfatfs
> exfat-utils: /sbin/mkfs.exfat
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/doc/exfat-utils/changelog.Debian.gz
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/doc/exfat-utils/changelog.gz
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/doc/exfat-utils/copyright
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/dumpexfat.8.gz
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/exfatfsck.8.gz
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/exfatlabel.8.gz
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/fsck.exfat.8.gz
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/mkexfatfs.8.gz
> exfat-utils: /usr/share/man/man8/mkfs.exfat.8.gz
> grub-coreboot-bin: /usr/lib/grub/i386-coreboot/exfat.mod
> grub-coreboot-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/i386-coreboot/exfat.module
> grub-efi-amd64-bin: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/exfat.mod
> grub-efi-amd64-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/exfat.module
> grub-efi-ia32-bin: /usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/exfat.mod
> grub-efi-ia32-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/exfat.module
> grub-emu: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-emu/exfat.mod
> grub-emu-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-emu/exfat.module
> grub-ieee1275-bin: /usr/lib/grub/i386-ieee1275/exfat.mod
> grub-ieee1275-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/i386-ieee1275/exfat.module
> grub-pc-bin: /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/exfat.mod
> grub-pc-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/exfat.module
> grub-xen-bin: /usr/lib/grub/i386-xen/exfat.mod
> grub-xen-bin: /usr/lib/grub/i386-xen_pvh/exfat.mod
> grub-xen-bin: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-xen/exfat.mod
> grub-xen-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/i386-xen/exfat.module
> grub-xen-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/i386-xen_pvh/exfat.module
> grub-xen-dbg: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-xen/exfat.module
> libkpmcore-dev: /usr/include/kpmcore/fs/exfat.h
> libtsk-dev: /usr/include/tsk/fs/tsk_exfatfs.h
> partclone: /usr/sbin/partclone.exfat
> partclone: /usr/share/man/man8/partclone.exfat.8.gz
> $
>
> Note that it's necessary to run apt's update command after
> installation in order to download the Contents files.
>
> Cheers,
> David.

Looks handier than sliced bread. I'll do it when this drive is at home in 
the new build.

Thanks David.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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