inode number

inode number

[Sumit Narayan]

Hi,

How do I know which file has what Inode number? and its under which super block?

Thanks

Sumit


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Re: inode number

[Sumit Narayan]

Hi,

Actually, what I meant with this was, suppose I have a file name, how do I get the inode for that? And also suppose I have the inode number, how do I get the complete object of that inode for use and manipulation?

Thanks in advance

Sumit
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>
>How do I know which file has what Inode number? and its under which super block?
>
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>
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Re: inode number

[Kurt Wall]

An unnamed Administration source, Sumit Narayan, wrote:
% Hi,
% 
% Actually, what I meant with this was, suppose I have a file name, how do I get the inode for that? And also suppose I have the inode number, how do I get the complete object of that inode for use and manipulation?

If you have a filename, stat(2); see also lstat(2) and fstat(2).

Kurt
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Re: inode number

[Valdis.Kletnieks]

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On Mon, 05 May 2003 23:27:32 EDT, Sumit Narayan <sumit_uconn@lycos.com>  said:
> How do I know which file has what Inode number? and its under which super blo
ck?

There's no single answer - multiple files can have the same inode number
(they're called hard links).  Finding which filesystem they are on
involves walking through the mount table..

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Re: inode number

[Lucas Correia Villa Real]

Hi,

You can give a look on user_path_walk() and user_path_walk_link() (see 
include/linux/fs.h), given you have the pathname. 
Given you have the inode number, you can get one of the references to it by 
using d_path() (see include/linux/sched.h). I just don't know how it works  
when there is multiple references to the same inode number (hard links).

Lucas


On Tuesday 06 May 2003 00:52, Sumit Narayan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Actually, what I meant with this was, suppose I have a file name, how do I
> get the inode for that? And also suppose I have the inode number, how do I
> get the complete object of that inode for use and manipulation?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Sumit
> --
>
> On Mon, 05 May 2003 23:27:32
>
>  Sumit Narayan wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >How do I know which file has what Inode number? and its under which super
> > block?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Sumit
> >
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Re: inode number

[Lucas Correia Villa Real]

On Tuesday 06 May 2003 03:43, Lucas Correia Villa Real wrote:

> Given you have the inode number, you can get one of the references to it by

Sorry, I mean the struct file.

Lucas