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Re: Partition information as text file?

From	"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Partition information as text file?
Date	2019-02-01 15:30 +0100
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Hi,

Richard Owlett wrote:
> [Gparted] PROVED that what I wanted was possible.

Regrettably it does not retrieve the information by some universal info
program or library, but rather has particular info sources for each of
the supported filesystems. (There are more filesystems around than i can
see in the Gparted source.)

> It's "suitability to purpose" was degraded on *2* counts:
> 1. it does not output the data as a text file.

So you need one or more scripts which apply the program runs learned from
Gparted to your partition device files and which then pick the desired
numbers out of the text output from those programs.
Then the script[s] would put out the retrieved numbers in the text format
which you desire.

> man page format [...] almost total lack of examples [...]

If you refer to Gparted's man page, then the answer is obviously that
nobody expects hard info from the manual of a clicky-colorful GUI program.
(I.e. not "RTFM" but "RTSL" = "Read The Source, Luke.")

Have a nice day :)

Thomas

Thread

Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-26 15:40 +0100
  Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-26 18:10 +0100
  Re: Partition information as text file? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-01-26 20:40 +0100
    Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-26 22:20 +0100
      Re: Partition information as text file? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 23:00 +0100
      Re: Partition information as text file? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-01-27 03:10 +0100
      Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-27 22:30 +0100
        Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-28 13:50 +0100
          Re: Partition information as text file? Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2019-01-28 16:50 +0100
          Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-28 20:50 +0100
            Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-29 15:40 +0100
              Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-29 16:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-29 16:40 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-29 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-31 15:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-31 16:00 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-31 20:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-31 21:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-01 15:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-02-01 15:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-01 16:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-01 16:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-01 19:40 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-01 22:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-02-01 18:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-02 02:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-02 11:00 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-02 16:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-02-02 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-02-01 17:00 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-02-01 17:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 17:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-02-01 19:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-02-01 19:20 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-02-01 19:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-01 23:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2019-01-29 17:40 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2019-01-29 19:00 +0100
            Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-29 15:40 +0100
              Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-29 21:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-30 16:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-30 17:00 +0100
                Talking about loop devices (was: Re: Partition information as text file?) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-01-31 02:20 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices (was: Re: Partition information as  text file?) David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-01-31 04:50 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices (was: Re: Partition information as  text file?) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-31 10:10 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-31 20:00 +0100
                Re: Talking about loop devices David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-02-01 06:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-01-30 17:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-31 15:30 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-30 19:50 +0100
              Re: Partition information as text file? David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-01-30 03:10 +0100
                Re: Partition information as text file? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-01-30 16:20 +0100
          Re: Partition information as text file? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-29 19:30 +0100

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