Re: 32bit apps and inode64

Dave Chinner
2013-02-18T22:06:49Z

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 09:12:03AM +0100, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 17.02.2013 22:33, schrieb Dave Chinner:
>
> >>> xfs_reno was ported to linux in '07 and was most recently reposted by Jeff Liu:
> >>> http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2012-11/msg00425.html
> >>>
> >>> It isn't in xfsprogs today.
> >
> > Simple answer: mount with inode32, run find to print out all the
> > filenames in the filesystem and their inode number, copy the files
> > with inodes numbers greater than 32 bit to a temporary file and then
> > rename them over the top of the original.
>
> Thanks, what about directories? Is renaming / moving using mv enough?

Same thing - create a new temp directory, mv all the entries (which
will be a rename operation, anyway) from the old directory into the
temp directory, rename the temp dir over the top of the old one.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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