bug#19836: Missing partition type in machine parseable output

Johan Oudinet <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:32:06 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.parted.bugs
Organization	Green Communications
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi,

I'd like to use parted in a script to list primary and logical
partitions only (i.e., without extended partitions).
I do see the partition type if I use the following command:
# parted -s /dev/sdc print
Model: Generic STORAGE DEVICE (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 3965MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      4194kB  71,3MB  67,1MB  primary   fat16        boot, lba
 2      71,3MB  3965MB  3894MB  extended               lba
 5      75,5MB  344MB   268MB   logical
 6      344MB   612MB   268MB   logical
 7      612MB   621MB   8388kB  logical   ext4
 8      621MB   3965MB  3344MB  logical   ext4

However, if I run the same command with the --machine option, I get the
following output:
# parted -sm /dev/sdc print
BYT;
/dev/sdc:3965MB:scsi:512:512:msdos:Generic STORAGE DEVICE:;
1:4194kB:71,3MB:67,1MB:fat16::boot, lba;
2:71,3MB:3965MB:3894MB:::lba;
5:75,5MB:344MB:268MB:::;
6:344MB:612MB:268MB:::;
7:612MB:621MB:8388kB:ext4::;
8:621MB:3965MB:3344MB:ext4::;

where the partition type is missing. This is unfortunate :-\

$ parted --version
parted (GNU parted) 3.2
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by
<http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted.git;a=blob_plain;f=AUTHORS>.

Best regards,
-- 
Johan Oudinet
R&D Engineer - Green Communications
[email protected]

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