On 23 Sep 2015 02:29 +0000, from hmccurdy@xxxxxxxxx (H McCurdy): > I might have figured it out but can't test my idea until tomorrow. > My thought is to try to access it as if it exists and if the > function returns -1, then it's not a valid LUKS container. Anyway, > that's my idea. For the scenario you describe, something like # test -r $DEVICE && cryptsetup isLuks $DEVICE && echo It is LUKS is probably the best bet. -- Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael@xxxxxxxxxxx OpenPGP B501AC6429EF4514 https://michael.kjorling.se/public-keys/pgp “People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup) _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt