DISKTYPE(1)

💖 DISKTYPE(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for disktype, living in section 1 of the manual. she's a little utility with big main character energy and she's about to tell you exactly what's on that disk of yours. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

disktype — the disk format detector. that's it, that's her whole job, and she ATE. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

disktype file...

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, the whole point of disktype is to figure out what the content format of a disk or a disk image actually is. she knows about common file systems, partition tables, and boot codes. she's seen things. she's not judging. 🔍✨

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💜 USAGE 💜

you can run disktype with literally any number of regular files or device special files as arguments. she'll analyze them in the order you gave them, and print the results to standard output. very demure, very mindful.

🚨 okay important: there are no switches in this version. zero flags. none. don't come looking for -h, she doesn't have one, she doesn't need one, she's booked and busy.

👑 also: running disktype on device files like your hard disk will likely require root rights. like, you gotta have the power, bestie. no cap.

if you want some example command lines, the online documentation lives at <http://disktype.sourceforge.net/doc/> — go peek, iykyk. 🫶

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🌈 RECOGNIZED FORMATS 🌈

the following formats are recognized by this version of disktype. and honestly? the range. the versatility. she contains multitudes. 💀✨

🍓 File systems

FAT12/FAT16/FAT32/exFAT, NTFS, HPFS, MFS, HFS, HFS Plus, ISO9660, ext2/ext3/ext4, btrfs, Minix, ReiserFS, Reiser4, Linux romfs, Linux cramfs, Linux squashfs, UFS (some variations), SysV FS (some variations), JFS, XFS, F2FS, Amiga FS/FFS, BeOS BFS, QNX4 FS, UDF, 3DO CD-ROM file system, Veritas VxFS, Xbox DVD file system.

🧚 Partitioning

DOS/PC style, Apple, Amiga "Rigid Disk", ATARI ST (AHDI3), BSD disklabel, Linux RAID physical disks, Linux LVM1 physical volumes, Linux LVM2 physical volumes, Solaris x86 disklabel (vtoc), Solaris SPARC disklabel.

⭐ Other structures

Debian split floppy header, Linux swap.

💅 Disk images

Raw CD image (.bin), Virtual PC hard disk image, Apple UDIF disk image (limited).

🔥 Boot codes

LILO, GRUB, SYSLINUX, ISOLINUX, Linux kernel, FreeBSD loader, Sega Dreamcast (?).

😭 not the "Sega Dreamcast (?)" — even the manpage is unsure. we love an honest queen.

🌸 Compression formats

gzip, compress, bzip2.

🎀 Archive formats

tar, cpio, bar, dump/restore.

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compressed files (gzip, compress, bzip2 formats) will also have their contents analyzed using transparent decompression. the appropriate compression program has to be installed on the system though, bestie, so that means:

• gzip(1) for the gzip and compress formats
• bzip2(1) for the bzip2 format

disk images in general will also have their contents analyzed using the proper mapping — with the exception of the Apple UDIF format. she said "not that one." 🙈

and if you want more details on the supported formats and their quirks, the online documentation is at <http://disktype.sourceforge.net/doc/>. go read, it's giving educational. 🦋

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👑 HOMEPAGE 👑

http://disktype.sourceforge.net/

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💖 AUTHOR 💖

Christoph Pfisterer <chrisp@users.sourceforge.net> — the icon, the legend, the moment. 🌟

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• file(1)
• gpart(8)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this version is dated Feb 21, 2005 and it's from DISKTYPE(1) — yeah she's vintage but she's still THAT girl. mwah, slay, periodt. 💅✨🎀