Hello all, On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 19:11:28 GNUbie wrote: >> How can I check if a block device (partition) has one or any of the >> following characteristics: >> >> [1] raw >> >> [2] has content >> >> [3] formatted >> >> but without actually mounting it? > > I'd use "file" as a first pass. After that, perhaps some custom script.
Thank you for all your response. I finally used the tool "testdisk" in my script. Regards, GNUbie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=udzvwrsxkb3p1n2f0bmefkfsxysd64qnum...@mail.gmail.com