We refer to a file by its name. Computer refer to the file by its inode numbers. For every filesystem; there is an inode table. This table consists of
Inode numbers & its correspondingmetadata. On the contrary; the
mapping of filenames to inode numbers is stored in the directory containing the file.
To display the inode number of a file; say hindu one must issue the command
To display the total number of inode numbers in the filesystem ; you must issue the command...