about inode

eshwar_ind · 04-24-2004, 01:15 AM

Hi!

Can anybody where can i found the structure of inode in header files? I couldnt find it. if you know please let me know. One more question symbolic link's disk usage is giving as zero. Where the target name name is stored for the symbolic link ? Is it inode or on data blocks? Is the inode structure of linux is same as unix?
Please let me know.
I will be very thank full to you.

bye,
Eshwar.

Hko · 04-24-2004, 07:07 AM

Code:

find /usr/include/linux -name "*.h" | xargs grep -l 'struct *.*inode *{'

eshwar_ind · 04-24-2004, 07:50 AM

Thanks Mr. Hko
Thankyou very much.
I have another doubt. When we create a symbolic link, If the targets path name is more than 40 bytes its storing in data blocks( i.e disk usage is giving some number other than zero), but if its less than 40 bytes its giving 0 bytes ( i.e Its storing the target name inode it self ). How does it differentiates between these two situations. Please let me know.
Once again thanks Hko.
Bye,
Eshwar.

rkef · 04-24-2004, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hko

Code:

find /usr/include/linux -name "*.h" | xargs grep -l 'struct *.*inode *{'

Or, more simply:

Code:

grep -lR 'struct.*inode *{' /usr/include/linux/*.h

Your method works perfectly well, but seems gratuitous (22 bytes extra, 2 programs extra)

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