On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 23:48:53 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 07 November 2016 19:15:50 Brian wrote: > > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 18:42:37 +0100, Felipe Salvador wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 04:09:24PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > > > I get the same as you on Debian 8.6. On unstable the command 'lsblk -f' > > > > shows all the fields populated. I wonder what Felipe Salvador is using? > > > > > > ~$ apt-show-versions util-linux > > > util-linux:amd64/testing 2.28.2-1 uptodate > > > > > > ~$ cat /etc/debian_version > > > stretch/sid > > > > This is my situation too. 'lsblk -f' works. If not working on Jessie is > > thought to be a bug it is hardly worth reporting to the BTS except as a > > wishlist bug. It is unlikely to be fixed for Jessie. > > > > Richard Owlett and others are fortunately left with two methods to > > identify a file system on a mounted or unmounted partition as a user. > > Certain operations on a Linux system may require root privileges; > > getting this information is not one of them. In fact, the information > > is also available in /run/udev and /run/blkid; so there is another two > > sources. > > Speaking as a Jessie user, changing to root and using lsblk -f is quicker and > easier! > > It is a remarkably useful command that I had not come across before. > (The -f). Thanks to those in this thread who have introduced it. I must > explore lsblk more fully.
Yes, it is a useful command and a shame that FSTYPE, UUID, and LABEL are the only fields which need root to be displayed. It's likely #776905, which is fixed on testing/unstable. -- Brian.
