partitiontypes 1.0.1

Description:

partitiontypes 1.0.1

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

################################################################################

Update successful!
Number of IDs: 273

################################################################################

Execution Time: 0.583953 sec

If you want to ask for a partition type:
python -m partitiontypes -v 07
################################################################################

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

################################################################################


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