From unknown Mon Aug 11 21:15:06 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#22435 <22435@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#22435 <22435@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: stat: report 'ext4' instead of 'ext2/ext3' filesystem type Reply-To: bug#22435 <22435@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:15:06 +0000 retitle 22435 stat: report 'ext4' instead of 'ext2/ext3' filesystem type reassign 22435 coreutils submitter 22435 "D.P.Pandya" severity 22435 wishlist thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 22 10:53:20 2016 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Jan 2016 15:53:20 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58015 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aMe1Y-00063b-1i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:53:20 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43183) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aMXdd-0000rb-N5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:04:14 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMXdX-0001Gj-VD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:04:08 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:56499) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMXdX-0001Gf-S0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:04:07 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34142) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMXdT-0007eo-58 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:04:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMXdP-0001EV-V6 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:04:03 -0500 Received: from smtp2.openmailbox.org ([62.4.1.36]:38808) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aMXdP-0001Dv-NH for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 04:03:59 -0500 Received: by mail2.openmailbox.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 04C3F2AC3474; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:03:58 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=openmailbox.org; s=openmailbox; t=1453453438; bh=/mmOSrjBp/MfBa/NEl1JEgDu/br6JuJF1Zw1faDRZpU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:From; b=epylukgWqUxZKFv6vTkGoyVSaa9HxcnA84nVZ5/TkXBw+2NfG6D/zKVHo/juio6Qs GjLDtYKcjutEkeaWPlDW3XTOKeluaHnxBliv7zaEwcx6cuBQKaTkSW/UX2zpBy1iIM OHSnpzxPvJedaza9kPXT0lEdz+AT+dFXaN9X5XZs= Received: from www.openmailbox.org (openmailbox-b2 [10.91.69.220]) by mail2.openmailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93302AC3418 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:03:57 +0100 (CET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:33:57 +0530 From: "D.P.Pandya" To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Need improvement in `stat` command's file-system type output Message-ID: <389bf63ce171eded0ee5dd720715caaf@openmailbox.org> X-Sender: pandya@openmailbox.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.0.6 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:53:17 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) If I tries to check filesystem type by `stat -f` command on my Ext4 partition, it gives output: ext2/ext3 which is wrong. Example: $ df -T / Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda8 ext4 25672796 10813104 13532596 45% / But `stat` shows incorrectly ext2/ext3 $ stat -f -c %T / ext2/ext3 So, the output for filesystem type by `stat` command should be improved/fixed. Thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Jan 24 09:03:31 2016 Received: (at 22435) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jan 2016 14:03:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32841 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aNLGN-0004bE-KF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 09:03:31 -0500 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:61198) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aNLGL-0004b1-5F for 22435@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 09:03:29 -0500 Received: from [192.168.101.10] ([217.86.69.36]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Ly8x7-1a0Kf00g9V-015ZDU; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 15:03:23 +0100 Subject: Re: bug#22435: Need improvement in `stat` command's file-system type output To: "D.P.Pandya" , 22435@debbugs.gnu.org References: <389bf63ce171eded0ee5dd720715caaf@openmailbox.org> From: Bernhard Voelker Message-ID: <56A4D9AA.4010105@bernhard-voelker.de> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 15:03:22 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <389bf63ce171eded0ee5dd720715caaf@openmailbox.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:ACLZYQnt/btRd/TAhxrKYhV7jSdAznOwZ2pvZU16Bn36pxoyzIt 9Bxf7TYtGVyZ/BkjjHUfc7VJepKRf+I/K3XPA/KnMPE8NBhCi8oT1DPo5Mv2iuRoDId/Gq1 eqaPylaUqjQcdFN9wq7IFy3RzOsYMdLskR2TCSWEgxlqt1OMN5mpwEv8wYV/O9nd6mEhc9k pgcCZYaMZEUGroDewE3cw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:TuQMFuDDzcI=:CIxcWNEH5y4Mgq8kNBl4aH g1K4Y/M3qnIrk9txqdwskzmhCGAL5Vru+zcU+Q+EqLT1z0ZAeTPWpnFcHg/BWudAJMAAXbYg1 pElqI+7I2xuyKXr1Hjh9Ex/OQwORp63MhDRDbtXSowrWkfFPjrawgM1JcxFzqC9Dn3U8Z+3FI t+iKLbq+8KzFSrENgp3nXFgxZIb4MkYXcPfI9Ae2Qa/eFNvTjt7bw4j/zCbqSTyuIColMs5LW 1t+KUwT3aQbnckwG/pYbHWlG2UXUI1m3ewKwPPQkv1Fp5nRyuqriAvU+HOMV9c0n4enUMpKJE 2nyIJyWs9HHNr9Q5EqF8QKTyf6gVikX/LxpN7FIvaEsp5oMuddwFkPNE7N58MhbK5z9dyRr84 csYeI6s3f2ttPibwLyKd5DICy9j3ZDh42LJnCGHgLSNXoqpG/PcG6NSHdgT8qHgwL1xR/pUXO faTu3EAUPRlyTEUukox3QBeuz95PBYkrR3DaqkW8ThvQzpDjsixQmrjMdkfyDrVHBI5i2ULi0 FRO9sAPEB1XmlFCRqyGTQ3O9XS8zNHDc192/0+omOqNe3Cse474AONCD0OF1+KqXXq9UtqM0x oum46TxqfkWKo7w3AZigLnx42/Q7UqB8FqX5taaTP08lZL7wGPHD3snzSWMhJ0oLC2J320jJL 8XSTfyHVT3P4QWU0lbN32FKfS37euynj8uOLeqMqeST8JEawPzEg6upfaapv2R+7VNz5Iuxm9 T+EJd04FPXv3GieC X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 22435 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) On 01/22/2016 10:03 AM, D.P.Pandya wrote: > If I tries to check filesystem type by `stat -f` command on my Ext4 > partition, it gives output: ext2/ext3 which is wrong. > > Example: > > $ df -T / > Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda8 ext4 25672796 10813104 13532596 45% / > > But `stat` shows incorrectly ext2/ext3 > > $ stat -f -c %T / > ext2/ext3 > > So, the output for filesystem type by `stat` command should be > improved/fixed. This has been discussed before: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2013-01/msg00172.html I'm not sure if the arguments have changed enough for the patch to be applied. Well, ext3 support has been removed from the kernel a few months ago, so this may warrant a new discussion. 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