vol_id

NAME

vol_id - probe filesystem type and read label and uuid

SYNOPSIS

vol_id [--export] [--type] [--label] [--label-raw] [--uuid] [--skip-raid] [--probe-all] [--help] [device]

DESCRIPTION

vol_id is usually called from a udev rule, to provide udev with the filesystem type, the label and the uuid of a volume. It supports most of the common filesystem formats and detects various raid setups to prevent the recognition of raid members as a volume with a filesystem.

OPTIONS

--export
Print all values in key/value format to import them into the environment.
--type
Print the filesystem type.
--label
Print the safe version of volume label suitable for use as filename.
--label-raw
Print the raw volume label.
--uuid
Print the uuid of a volume.
--skip-raid
Skip detection of raid metadata.
--probe-all
Probe for all types and print all matches.
--help
Print usage.

ENVIRONMENT

UDEV_LOG
Set the syslog priority.

EXIT STATUS

vol_id will only return successful if the value asked for is not empty. All trailing whitespace will be removed, spaces replaced by underscore and slashes ignored.

AUTHOR

Written by Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>

SEE ALSO

udev(7)