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From: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com>
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Subject: Re: how to know the file system type [programming]
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> 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

Parse /etc/fstab?

I'm sure there are lots of other ways too...