how to know the file system type [programming]

[jdyke]

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

not sure if this is what your looking for, but there are likely a million ways, 
one being

in bash

$ fs_to_check=/dev/ad4s1g
$ fstype=`grep $fs_to_check /etc/fstab | awk '{ print $3 }'`
$ echo $fstype
ufs

$

could be similarly scripted

> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> 
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