Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:36:42 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: How to bypass buffer caches? |
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> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:51:19 EST, Bruno Diniz de Paula said: > > > But what if "/dev/hda7" already has an ext2 fs set up. How am I supposed > > to know which phisical blocks in the disk correspond to each of my files > > in the ext2 mapping, that is, "/var/somefile" or "/usr/local/otherfile"? > > The quick answer: Don't do that. ;)
But if you insist, there is the FIBMAP ioctl. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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