[ale] File help

[Joshua Kite]

Jeff,

Thank you.  That's what I needed to know.  The only use of df that I knew
was to get information on all mounted filesystems, such as df -h.  You learn
something new every day!

And you're correct, this is a very simple system without RAID or anything
else you've described.

Thanks much, you just saved me hours of googleing for a simple question.

Josh Kite


2008/3/10 Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com>:

>   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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