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Asked: 2010-11-29 12:44:01 +0800 CST

How to find out what device a file or folder is on?

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Is it possible to query (using the command line) what device a particular file or folder is on?

All files are on some sort of storage device (eg. /dev/sda1). These storage devices are mounted at a particular point in the file system hierarchy (eg. /, /home).

I want to find out what device a file is on. For example, if /dev/sda3 is mounted on /home, given the file ~/document.odt, what command can I use to determine that the file is on /dev/sda3?

command-line hardware devices

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use:

    df /path/to/filename

    It will show the path base mount point.

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