while a good idea it's also very platform specific.
Which it appears is something that he's trying to avoid.
That is to say at least writing the code to deal with the
multiple platforms <is to be avoided.

I don't think there's anyway around this. You're either going to have to use an exec
(in which case you'll still have very platform specific output) Or code out the values
of the devices based on OS, or some other such nonsense. No matter how you look
at it you're going to have to deal with the fact that OS' don't treat mount points or
device numbers the same way.

In reply to Re^2: How to Determine If A File Is On NFS? Local? Etc? by jaco
in thread How to Determine If A File Is On NFS? Local? Etc? by Anonymous Monk

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