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Old 09-26-2006, 03:09 PM   #1
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access file using inode number?

Hello,

Is there a way to access a file using an inode number?

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Old 09-26-2006, 09:14 PM   #2
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It's possible in debugfs (used to recover very damaged filesystems), but I can't think of any other way. Why do you want to do this?
 
  


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