SnapafunFrank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When within my system I issue the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# df > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda5 966M 714M 203M 78% / > /dev/hda1 966M 14M 903M 2% /boot > /dev/hda6 9.4G 5.1G 4.0G 57% /usr > /dev/hda8 9.4G 8.8G 693M 93% /home > /dev/hda9 1020M 312M 656M 33% /var > /dev/hda3 12G 2.0G 8.8G 19% /mnt/empty > /dev/hda4 3.4G 2.7G 712M 80% /mnt/win_h > /dev/hdb2 16M 2.3M 13M 16% /mnt/hdb2_boot > /dev/hdb5 92M 55M 33M 63% /mnt/hdb5_root > /dev/hdb6 92M 62M 25M 72% /mnt/hdb6_var > /dev/hdb7 3.1G 1.9G 1.1G 64% /mnt/hdb7_usr > /dev/hdb9 1.5G 1.4G 151M 91% /mnt/hdb9_home > /dev/hdb1 14G 13G 1.2G 92% /mnt/win_c2 > > I get a summary of all my partitions AND their names. > > However, I'm unable to do this when I'm NOT within the system: > > So, is there a file on the system that could simply give me this info by > simply reading it ? Hi, the *df* command reports free disk space from all mounted file systems. So take a look at /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab which will give you the names and mount points your looking for. For more info.. man mount, fstab and df ....
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