Am 03.02.2011 11:20, schrieb Voelker, Bernhard:
> Thomas Bächler wrote:
>> I would wish I could have a way to use blkid in a way, such that I will
>> be able to determine (through its return value) whether a device
>> contains any known file system, raid superblock, partition table, ... -
>> anything I would not want to overwrite.
>
> what about `file -s "${device}"`?
>
> Bye,
> Berny
I hadn't considered that. Is its file system support as reliable and
complete as blkid? I have to think about it, but I would still prefer
blkid if possible.
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