vol_id - probe filesystem and read label and uuid vol_id will only return with a non-zero exit code if the string asked for, is not empty. All trailing whitespace will be removed, spaces replaced by underscore and slashes ignored. Unmangled values are available in the --export mode as hex-encoded strings in *_ENC= keys. $ extras/volume_id/vol_id --export /dev/sda6 ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem ID_FS_TYPE=ext3 ID_FS_VERSION=1.0 ID_FS_UUID=3e999973-00c9-4917-9442-b7633bd95b9e ID_FS_UUID_ENC=3e999973-00c9-4917-9442-b7633bd95b9e ID_FS_LABEL=devel ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=devel $ extras/volume_id/vol_id --label /dev/sda6 devel $ extras/volume_id/vol_id --type /dev/sda6 ext3 fstype probe label uuid version -------------------------------------------------- linux swap * * * * btrfs * * * - ext * * * * reiserfs jr/3.5/3.6/4 * * * * fat (12, 16, 32) * * * * ntfs * * * * jfs * * * - xfs * * * - hfs (plus, wrapped) * * * - udf * * - - iso9660 * * - - ufs * - - - cramfs * * - - sysv * * - * luks * - * - hpfs * * - - romfs * * - - squashfs * - - - minix * - - * ocfs (1, 2) * * * * vxfs * - - * nss (netware) * - * * gfs, gfs2 * * * - oracleasm * * - - Raid members are detected to prevent the probing for a filesystem ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux raid (md) * * * * LVM 1 * - - - LVM 2 * - - * ddf * - * * highpoint * - - - isw_raid * - - - lsi_raid * - - - nvidia_raid * - - - promise_raid * - - - silicon_raid * - - - via_raid * - - - jmicron * - - - adaptec * - - -