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From: dt@mathcs.emory.edu (Dave Taylor {guest})
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: finding the filesystem of a file
Summary: How do I find out which filesystem a certain file in on?
Keywords: filesystem search find file
Message-ID: <6495@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: 5 Nov 90 16:43:14 GMT
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Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS
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Curious to know if anyone can tell me the fastest way to find out which
filesystem a given file is on if the entire pathname is given.  I have only
5 filesystems  but I'm stumped as to on how to make sure that I always match
the file with the appropriate filesystem.  i.e. if the files are /u/foo/bar/new
and maybe /u/foobar/new AND the filesystems are /u, /u/foo, and /u/foo/bar.

for the file /u/foo/bar/new, the output should be "/u/foo/bar"
for the file /u/foobar/new, the output should be "/u"

The reason for this is because I backup several filesystems on one tape and I
need to know which filesystem to look in as I search through my log files.

Thanks in advance for all your help.



--david

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