On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 11:58:44PM +0100, kalle wrote:
> On 15.11.2017 17:37, Karel Zak wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 05:18:17PM +0100, kalle wrote:
> > > hello,
> > > -i think it would be good, if it would be explained shortly, what a file
> > > system is
> > > -what would be good would be an explanation, how to find out filesystem,
> > > label, UUID or device name of a given device...
> > man mount, section "Indicating the device" is not enough?
> No. given the case I have a usb-stick. If I would recognize the label, the
> files on it or the size because they are written outside on the hardware of
> the stick or because I recognize my files stored on the stick. Now if I plug
> it in, how do I know which device to mount? "mount -L" doesn't help me
> further, since I don't know the label exactly by heart, pressing the
> `TAB'-key produces file names and not labels.
> What I did in the past was looking at /dev/disk/by-... for the label/id to
> recognize my stick, but this procedure is lengthy and not recommended by you
> on the man-page.
> I simply don't have a nice answer to this problem.
OK, I've updated the man page. The command "lsblk --fs" should be goot
enough to provide overview about available filesytems and its
LABEL/UUIDS.
Karel
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