What disk is a file / directory stored on?

Question

From the command line (bash) I would like to know what disk a given file is stored in. E.G.:

$ [what filesystem is this file in command] /tmp/example/file

/dev/sda1

Related: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27271/what-file-system-is-my-file-on — , Jun 10 '13 at 22:26

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '13 at 21:37

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You can get the answer by using df command on the directory containing the executable. For example, on you example, you could say

df /tmp/example

answered Jun 10 '13 at 21:37

unxnut

@don_crissti my df (GNU coreutils 8.13) does not have that option: df: unrecognized option '--output=source'. – terdon Jun 11 '13 at 02:08

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