Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:01:01 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: archive filesystem interface |
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Alexander Viro wrote: > > - What is the most portable and efficient way to get filename(s) from > > inode numbers? > Full scan of filesystem. And it's the only way. Kinda kills the > idea...
Ext2 inodes could be changed to include a pointer to the directory referring to them [modulo hard link complications], and I do have an open-by-inode patch kicking around.
It's possible, but I wouldn't recommend it.
-- Jamie
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