[nzlug] Ext3 file system

[cr]

On Monday 30 October 2006 22:33, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> cr <cr at orcon.net.nz> writes:
> > Can anyone tell me - is there any quick easy way to tell if a
> > filesystem has been 'converted' to Ext3?  Is it safe to run 'tune2fs'
> > on a system that's ext3 already?
>
> Do you mean, does it have a journal?  Sure.
>
> Run 'tune2fs -l /dev/diskNN', and that will report a read-only listing
> of the features enabled on the server.
>
> Regards,
>         Daniel

Thanks, that's what i was looking for.   

I know ext3's have a journal, but I gather from the literature that it won't 
always show up with a   ls -a    (at least I think that's the meaning of the 
stuff I've read).

Regards

Chris