September 2000
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/usr/sbin/fstyp [-v] special
Use the fstyp command to determine the file-system type of unmounted file systems by using heuristic programs.
An fstyp module for each file-system type to be checked is executed; each of these modules applies an appropriate heuristic to determine whether the supplied special file is of the type for which it checks. If it is, the command prints on standard output the usual file-system identifier for that type (for example, ufs) and exits with a return code of 0; if none of the modules succeed, the error message unknown_fstyp (no matches) is returned and the exit status is 1. If more than one module succeeds, the error message unknown_fstyp (multiple matches) ...