How to check if partition is Extended/Primary in Linux












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Below is the info I get using (g)parted or fdisk command.



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 196265983 196263936 93.6G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 196268030 229468159 33200130 15.9G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 196268032 229468159 33200128 15.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris


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Is there a system call or filesystem(/sys/block, etc) based info available to know if a partition is extended/primary and the hierarchy sda5 under sda2, etc?
If yes, is there a way to know if what logical partitions lie under the selected extended partition?



I want to avoid parsing output of command(s). I have tried to read the code of fdisk but it is too complex for me to understand it.









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Below is the info I get using (g)parted or fdisk command.



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 196265983 196263936 93.6G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 196268030 229468159 33200130 15.9G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 196268032 229468159 33200128 15.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris


enter image description here



Is there a system call or filesystem(/sys/block, etc) based info available to know if a partition is extended/primary and the hierarchy sda5 under sda2, etc?
If yes, is there a way to know if what logical partitions lie under the selected extended partition?



I want to avoid parsing output of command(s). I have tried to read the code of fdisk but it is too complex for me to understand it.









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Below is the info I get using (g)parted or fdisk command.



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 196265983 196263936 93.6G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 196268030 229468159 33200130 15.9G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 196268032 229468159 33200128 15.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris


enter image description here



Is there a system call or filesystem(/sys/block, etc) based info available to know if a partition is extended/primary and the hierarchy sda5 under sda2, etc?
If yes, is there a way to know if what logical partitions lie under the selected extended partition?



I want to avoid parsing output of command(s). I have tried to read the code of fdisk but it is too complex for me to understand it.









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Below is the info I get using (g)parted or fdisk command.



Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 196265983 196263936 93.6G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 196268030 229468159 33200130 15.9G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 196268032 229468159 33200128 15.9G 82 Linux swap / Solaris


enter image description here



Is there a system call or filesystem(/sys/block, etc) based info available to know if a partition is extended/primary and the hierarchy sda5 under sda2, etc?
If yes, is there a way to know if what logical partitions lie under the selected extended partition?



I want to avoid parsing output of command(s). I have tried to read the code of fdisk but it is too complex for me to understand it.







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