To determine the file system type of a file or directory on a Linux system, you can use the stat command with the -f option. The stat command displays information about a file or directory, including the file system type.
Here's the basic syntax for the stat command:
stat path
path is the name of the file or directory that you want to examine.
To display the file system type of a file or directory, you can use the -f option:
stat -f path
This will display the file system type of the specified file or directory, as well as other information such as the file size, access permissions, and inode number.
For example, to determine the file system type of the root directory (/), you can use the following command:
stat -f /
This will display information about the root directory, including the file system type.
You can also use the df command to display information about the file systems on your system. The df command shows the available space on each file system, as well as the file system type and mount point.
df -T
This will display a list of file systems and their corresponding file system types.
Overall, the stat and df commands are useful tools for determining the file system type of a file or directory on a Linux system. By using these commands, you can easily find out which file system a file or directory belongs to.