[ale] File help

[Jeff Lightner]

df <filename>

Should show you the filesystem information for the file which would
include the device on which you mounted.  I gather from what you wrote
you're mounting partitions rather than using software RAID metadisks,
LVs or loopbacks.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Joshua Kite
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:16 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] File help

 

Hello all,

I'm hoping that there's a simple answer to this question.

Is there a command which identifies the physical drive on which a
particular file is located?

Due to the way that my system has grown (and the fact that it's a home
server administered by me and not a professional), I have four drives
hda1, hdb1, hdc1, and hdd1.  I may have /home/me mounted on hda1, but I
may have created an entry in fstab so that /home/me/somedirectory is
actually mounted on hdb1.  I'm wondering if I can query a file in
/home/me/somedirectory to determine that it is on hdb1 without having to
sift through fstab to figure out where it is.

Thank you for your help,

Josh Kite
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