function i = device(file)

try
  i = py.os.stat(file).st_dev;
  % Matlab <= R2022a wants int64 before uint64, but this can make OverflowError on Windows within Python
  % because on Windows st_dev is a 64-bit unsigned integer
catch e
  pythonException(e)
  i = [];
end

i = uint64(i);

end

Published with MATLAB® R2026a