lsfs Command
Purpose
Displays the characteristics of file systems.
Syntax
lsfs [ -q ] [ -c | -l ] [ -a | -v VfsType | -u MountGroup| [FileSystem...] ]
Description
The lsfs command displays characteristics of file systems, such as mount points, automatic mounts, permissions, and file system
size. The FileSystem parameter reports on a specific file system. The following subsets can be queried for a listing of
characteristics:
* All file systems
* All file systems of a certain mount group
* All file systems of a certain virtual file system type
* One or more individual file systems
The lsfs command displays additional Journaled File System (JFS) or Enhanced Journaled File System (JFS2) characteristics if
the -q flag is specified.
You can use a Web-based System Manager File Systems application (wsm fs fast path) to run this command. You could also use the
System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) smit lsfs fast path to run this command.
Flags
-a
Lists all file systems (default).
-c
Specifies that the output should be in colon format.
-l
Specifies that the output should be in list format.
-q
Displays additional Journaled File System (JFS) or Enhanced Journaled File System (JFS2) characteristics specific to the
file system type.
This information is not reported for other virtual file system types. It is displayed in addition to other file system
characteristics reported by the lsfs command.
-u MountGroup
Reports on all file systems of a specified mount group.
-v VfsType
Reports on all file systems of a specified type.
Examples
1 To show all file systems in the /etc/filesystems file, enter:
lsfs
2 To show all file systems of vfs type jfs, enter: lsfs -v jfs
3 To show the file system size, the fragment size, the compression algorithm (if any), and the number of bytes per i-node as
recorded in the superblock of the root file system, enter: lsfs -q /
Files
/etc/filesystems
Lists the known file systems and defines their characteristics.
Related Information
The chfs command, crfs command, rmfs command.
File systems in Operating system and device management explains file system types, management, structure, and maintenance.
Mounting in Operating system and device management explains mounting files and directories, mount points, and automatic mounts.
For information on installing the Web-based System Manager, see Chapter 2: Installing Web-based System Manager in AIX 5L
Version 5.3 Web-based System Manager Administration Guide.
System management interface tool in Operating system and device management explains SMIT structure, main menus, and tasks.