Only lifs is shown when list usb disks on macOS

[ortolanph]

When listing all known disks on macos, I only get lifs as a response. I needed FAT32 or exFAT.

[GuillaumeGomez]

I'm sorry but if the information you gave, I have absolutely no idea what's wrong, what's expected, etc. Could you expand a bit?

[ortolanph]

In the code below:

use sysinfo::{System, SystemExt};

fn main() {
    let mut sys = System::new_all();

    sys.refresh_all();

    println!("=> disks:");
    for disk in sys.disks() {
        println!("{:?}", disk);
    }
}

It'll produce (on Windows System):

(...)
Disk("USB")[FS: ['F', 'A', 'T', '3', '2']][Type: Unknown(-1)][removable: yes] mounted on "E:\\": 59501772800/61509107712 B
(...)

On MacOS Darwin, the same code produces:

(...)
Disk("USB")[FS: ['L', 'I', 'F', 'S']][Type: Unknown(-1)][removable: yes] mounted on "/Volumes/myUSB": 59501772800/61509107712 B
(...)

All I wanted was FAT32 or EXFAT (or another) on the FileSystem on MacOS results.

I am using the following version;

[dependencies]
sysinfo = "0.26.7"

Did I explain it better?

[GuillaumeGomez]

Yes! Unfortunately, I'm only returning what mac is providing me. If you want to take a look into it, I retrieve this information here. Also, I don't know if mac supports FAT32 and EXFAT. Maybe it just has a limited support, hence the LIFS?

[ortolanph]

From what I know about the Mac World (I am not a Mac User, more a Linux user that has to work with Windows), I can format my USB Stick to FAT32 or exFAT and the System gives me more two options (that more internal things). Well, I don't know how we can move on from here.

[GuillaumeGomez]

No idea either... If you can test it locally, then try to see how to get the actual FS name. But be warned that often, the answer is very disappointing. 😆

[ortolanph]

I'll try to find something...

[ortolanph]

Hi there! I know that it could be a long long time since we talked. I would like to know in macOS the lib is still returning LIFS. Could you confirm that? I know that the lib evolved, but I'm unaware of the modifications.

[GuillaumeGomez]

No idea. You can still try to take a look directly, would very likely be much faster.