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bug#22435: Need improvement in `stat` command's file-system type output
From: |
Bernhard Voelker |
Subject: |
bug#22435: Need improvement in `stat` command's file-system type output |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Jan 2016 15:03:22 +0100 |
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On 01/22/2016 10:03 AM, D.P.Pandya wrote:
> If I tries to check filesystem type by `stat -f` command on my Ext4
> partition, it gives output: ext2/ext3 which is wrong.
>
> Example:
>
> $ df -T /
> Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda8 ext4 25672796 10813104 13532596 45% /
>
> But `stat` shows incorrectly ext2/ext3
>
> $ stat -f -c %T /
> ext2/ext3
>
> So, the output for filesystem type by `stat` command should be
> improved/fixed.
This has been discussed before:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2013-01/msg00172.html
I'm not sure if the arguments have changed enough for the patch
to be applied. Well, ext3 support has been removed from the kernel
a few months ago, so this may warrant a new discussion.
Have a nice day,
Berny