FSFATINFO(1)

📦 version 0~20260208, in debian trixie, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 fsfatinfo 💖

okay so this is the LOCAL manual's page for fsfatinfo, and bestie, it's a whole vibe. pull up a chair 🪑✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fsfatinfo — determines information about a File Allocation Table (FAT) file system volume 💅

like, it looks at a FAT volume and tells you what's up. that's the whole job. iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fsfatinfo [-B bodyfile] [-E identifier] [-F path] [-o offset] [-dhHvV]
          source
ngl the synopsis is showing off -o offset too 👀 — the page itself never says another word about it, so that's all we know, fr fr. no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

fsfatinfo is a utility to determine information about a File Allocation Table (FAT) file system volume. periodt.

fsfatinfo is part of the libfsfat package. libfsfat is a library to access the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system format. so yeah, it's giving library-adjacent main character energy. 🔥

source is the source file. that's the thing you point it at. that's it. 🫶

🎀 the options, bestie 🎀

The options are as follows — and yes, every single one is here, don't worry:

  • -B bodyfile — output file system information as a bodyfile. slay. 💫
  • -d — calculate a MD5 hash of a file entry to include in the bodyfile. hashing era, we love to see it. 🔐
  • -E identifier — show information about a specific file system entry. just the one. very exclusive. 👑
  • -F path — show information about a specific file entry path. like, that exact path, bestie. 🧭
  • -h — shows this help. hello, help. 🌈
  • -H — shows the file system hierarchy. the whole family tree, the way that… 😭💖
  • -v — verbose output to stderr. it will not stop talking and honestly? same. 🗣️
  • -V — print version. number reveal, go off. ⭐

🌿 ENVIRONMENT 🌿

None.

literally nothing. the environment said "not today" and went back to sleep 😴✨

🍓 FILES 🍓

None.

zero files. empty. a clean slate. a fresh start. we love a minimal queen 💅

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

okay watch this, here's the whole thing in action:

# fsfatinfo fat32.raw
fsfatinfo 20220727

File Allocation Table (FAT) file system information:

Volume information:
        File system             : FAT-32
        Label                   : TESTVOLUME

ate. no crumbs. 🎀 the volume is called TESTVOLUME and the file system is FAT-32, and that's the tea ☕

👑 DIAGNOSTICS 👑

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. 📢

and heads up: Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation. so if you compiled it without that, it's not being shy, it just can't. 🙈

💀 BUGS 💀

Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libfsfat/ 🐛

be nice about it though, they're doing great. 🫶

💜 AUTHOR 💜

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz. 👑✨

Copyright 2021-2022, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

fr fr, no warranty. none. don't come for them if it breaks, bestie 😭

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • libfsfat

and that's the page, babe 💖 this was the libfsfat page from July 28, 2022, and you've officially read the whole thing. go forth and info your FATs. 🦋✨🎀

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