---
name: "fsfatinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfsfat-utils"
version: "0~20240501-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fsfatinfo"
---

# fsfatinfo(1)

determines information about a File Allocation Table (FAT) file system volume

## NAME

**fsfatinfo** – determines information about a File Allocation Table (FAT) file system volume

## SYNOPSIS

**fsfatinfo** \[**-B** *bodyfile*\] \[**-E** *identifier*\] \[**-F** *path*\] \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-dhHvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**fsfatinfo** is a utility to determine information about a File Allocation Table (FAT) file system volume

**fsfatinfo** is part of the **libfsfat** package. **libfsfat** is a library to access the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-B** *bodyfile*

  output file system information as a bodyfile

- **-d**

  calculate a MD5 hash of a file entry to include in the bodyfile

- **-E** *identifier*

  show information about a specific file system entry

- **-F** *path*

  show information about a specific file entry path

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-H**

  shows the file system hierarchy

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# fsfatinfo fat32.raw
fsfatinfo 20220727

File Allocation Table (FAT) file system information:

Volume information:
        File system             : FAT-32
        Label                   : TESTVOLUME

```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libfsfat/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2021-2022, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO