how to know the file system type [programming]

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Aug 17), Jorge Mario G. Mazo said:
>  --- jdyke <jdyke at azimainc.com> escribió:
> > Jorge Mario G. Mazo wrote:
> > > hi there
> > > I've been looking for a way to check the fs type
> > > I need to do something like this
> > > 
> > > if NTFS do this
> > > if msdis do that
> > > if ufs2  do that
> > > if ext2 do this other stuff
>
> it has to be pure C and parsing the fstab in C is not an option! also
> what about if the partition is not in fstab?

You didn't say anything about needing it in C :)  The answer is much
easier then; just call statfs() and look at the f_fstypename field. 
See the statfs manpage for more details.

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	Dan Nelson
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