Viewing file systems on an Android device

The file systems supported by the Android kernel can be determined by checking the contents of the filesystems file in the proc folder. The content of this file can be viewed using the following command:

In the preceding output, the first column tells us whether the file system is mounted on the device. The ones with the nodev property are not mounted on the device. The second column lists all the file systems present on the device. A simple mount command displays different partitions available on the device, as follows:

The following is a brief overview of the important file systems:

  • The root file ...

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