To find if a file is fragmented

Hi, I just need to know, if a file is fragmented or not. I don’t need the frags details etc. Its for showing extended info about the selected file, like whether it is fragmented or not. Is it possible with out raw reading the volume (for its catalog file)? I have also seen Carbon File

Re: To find if a file is fragmented

On Apr 8, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Nick Rogers roger...@mac.com wrote: I just need to know, if a file is fragmented or not. I don’t need the frags details etc. Its for showing extended info about the selected file, like whether it is fragmented or not. That’s a weird idea IMHO — it seems like a

Re: To find if a file is fragmented

On 8 Apr 2014, at 9:19 AM, Nick Rogers roger...@mac.com wrote: I just need to know, if a file is fragmented or not. I don’t need the frags details etc. Its for showing extended info about the selected file, like whether it is fragmented or not. Is it possible with out raw reading the

Re: To find if a file is fragmented

Concerning if a file is fragmented is sort of useless, I think. Modern filesystem APIs does not even expose details of that, and the only way I now how to find out about that, is to roll your own HFS+ driver (or whatever filesystem you are concerning) and access raw bock devices (e.g.

Re: To find if a file is fragmented

The information may be irrelevant and/or useless, but it is available for file systems that support it (HFS+ does). Although, I think it may require super-user privileges to query. $ man fcntl … F_LOG2PHYS Get disk device information. Currently this only