how to know the file system type [programming]

[Philip Hallstrom]

> 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

Parse /etc/fstab?

I'm sure there are lots of other ways too...