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Old 03-24-2009
How can I check if I have raw filesystem on unix/linux
Hello again.
Please can someone tell me how can i check if my filesystem is raw on unix/linux ?
Is there some file to check or something like that to be sure ?

also ,
when i do :


$ ls -l /dev/rdisk

i get among other things , this also(there resides are oracle related files) :

Code:
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000ae Mar 24 15:35 disk161
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000af Mar 24 15:35 disk162
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000b0 Mar 24 15:35 disk163
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000b1 Mar 24 15:35 disk164
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000b2 Mar 24 15:35 disk165
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000b3 Mar 24 15:35 disk166
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000b4 Mar 24 15:35 disk167
crw-r-----   1 oracle     dba         23 0x0000b5 Mar 24 15:35 disk168

can just by this output of this ls -l be known that those are raw filesystems ?
# 2  
Old 03-24-2009
try
Code:
# list raw devices
ls -lR /dev/raw*
# and show bound raw devices
raw -qa

I thought Linux raw devices were deprecated - being phased out....
# 3  
Old 03-25-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
try
Code:
# list raw devices
ls -lR /dev/raw*
# and show bound raw devices
raw -qa

I thought Linux raw devices were deprecated - being phased out....
thx for reply ...

i got this :

Code:
$ ls -lR /dev/raw*
crw-rw-rw-   1 root       root        72 0x00004d Mar 19 16:17 /dev/rawip
crw-rw-rw-   1 root       root        72 0x00004e Mar 19 16:17 /dev/rawip6
$ raw -qa
ksh: raw:  not found
$ bash
bash-3.2$ raw -qa
bash: raw: command not found
bash-3.2$

can i say then those listed above by ls -l /dev/rdisk (..disk167..) are not raw devices ?
 
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