partitiontypes 1.0.1

Provides values to identify the partition type within a master boot record

Description

Provides values to identify the partition type within a master boot record.

Installation

pip install partitiontypes

Usage

From command line:

python -m partitiontypes [--value VALUE] [--update]

Option	Short	Type	Default	Description
--value	-v	String	-	The id to be investigated as one byte hex (hex values need to be uppercase)
--update	-u	Flag	-	Updates the current list of partition ids

Programmatically:

from partitiontypes.PartitionTypes import PartitionTypes

p = PartitionTypes()

result = p.getIds("07")

# Result:
# [
#     PartitionId(id=07, description= OS/2 IFS (e.g., HPFS)), 
#     PartitionId(id=07, description= Windows NT NTFS), 
#     PartitionId(id=07, description= exFAT), 
#     PartitionId(id=07, description= Advanced Unix), 
#     PartitionId(id=07, description= QNX2.x pre-1988)
# ]

Example

The package includes a list of IDs per default. If you want to have the newest version use the following command:

python -m partitiontypes --update

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Partition Types by 5f0
Provides values to identify the partition type within a master boot record      

Current working directory: /path/to/partitiontypes

 Datetime: 01/01/1970 16:17:18

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Update successful!
Number of IDs: 273

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Execution Time: 0.583953 sec

If you want to ask for a partition type:

python -m partitiontypes -v 07

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Partition Types by 5f0
Provides values to identify the partition type within a master boot record      

Current working directory: /path/to/partitiontypes

 Datetime: 01/01/1970 16:17:18

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Candidates for 07:

---> ID: 07 Type:  OS/2 IFS (e.g., HPFS)
---> ID: 07 Type:  Windows NT NTFS
---> ID: 07 Type:  exFAT
---> ID: 07 Type:  Advanced Unix
---> ID: 07 Type:  QNX2.x pre-1988 (see below under IDs 4d-4f)

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Execution Time: 0.002954 sec

Credits

The IDs are based on the list of Prof. Dr. Brouwer. Thank you for your permission to use it.

You can find the original here.

License

MIT