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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 14:30:35 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 14:30:35 +0000
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+'\" t
+.\" Title: findfs
+.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
+.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15
+.\" Date: 2022-05-11
+.\" Manual: System Administration
+.\" Source: util-linux 2.38.1
+.\" Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "FINDFS" "8" "2022-05-11" "util\-linux 2.38.1" "System Administration"
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.ss \n[.ss] 0
+.nh
+.ad l
+.de URL
+\fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3
+..
+.als MTO URL
+.if \n[.g] \{\
+. mso www.tmac
+. am URL
+. ad l
+. .
+. am MTO
+. ad l
+. .
+. LINKSTYLE blue R < >
+.\}
+.SH "NAME"
+findfs \- find a filesystem by label or UUID
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+\fBfindfs\fP \fBNAME\fP=\fIvalue\fP
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.sp
+\fBfindfs\fP will search the block devices in the system looking for a filesystem or partition with specified tag. The currently supported tags are:
+.sp
+\fBLABEL\fP=\fI<label>\fP
+.RS 4
+Specifies filesystem label.
+.RE
+.sp
+\fBUUID\fP=\fI<uuid>\fP
+.RS 4
+Specifies filesystem UUID.
+.RE
+.sp
+\fBPARTUUID\fP=\fI<uuid>\fP
+.RS 4
+Specifies partition UUID. This partition identifier is supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition tables.
+.RE
+.sp
+\fBPARTLABEL\fP=\fI<label>\fP
+.RS 4
+Specifies partition label (name). The partition labels are supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) or MAC partition tables.
+.RE
+.sp
+If the filesystem or partition is found, the device name will be printed on stdout.
+.sp
+The complete overview about filesystems and partitions you can get for example by
+.RS 3
+.ll -.6i
+.sp
+\fBlsblk \-\-fs\fP
+.sp
+\fBpartx \-\-show <disk>\fP
+.sp
+\fBblkid\fP
+.br
+.RE
+.ll
+.sp
+\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
+.RS 4
+Display help text and exit.
+.RE
+.sp
+\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
+.RS 4
+Print version and exit.
+.RE
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.sp
+\fB0\fP
+.RS 4
+success
+.RE
+.sp
+\fB1\fP
+.RS 4
+label or uuid cannot be found
+.RE
+.sp
+\fB2\fP
+.RS 4
+usage error, wrong number of arguments or unknown option
+.RE
+.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
+.sp
+LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all
+.RS 4
+enables libblkid debug output.
+.RE
+.SH "AUTHORS"
+.sp
+\fBfindfs\fP was originally written by \c
+.MTO "tytso\(atmit.edu" "Theodore Ts\(cqo" ""
+and re\-written for the util\-linux package by
+.MTO "kzak\(atredhat.com" "Karel Zak" "."
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.sp
+\fBblkid\fP(8),
+\fBlsblk\fP(8),
+\fBpartx\fP(8)
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+.sp
+For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c
+.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "."
+.SH "AVAILABILITY"
+.sp
+The \fBfindfs\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
+.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "." \ No newline at end of file