On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 20:38 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Wow, thanks Nick! You can leave out the -L though, but need the -s.
It depends on how your system is set up. For example on my system /dev/hda3 is a symlink and you need to use -L to follow it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo file -s /dev/hda3 /dev/hda3: symbolic link to `ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo file -Ls /dev/hda3 /dev/hda3: Linux rev 1.0 ext3 filesystem data (needs journal recovery) (large files) -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
