FIND_INODE_NUMBER

Section: (9)
Updated: 17 July 2003
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NAME

find_inode_number - check for dentry with name  

SYNOPSIS

ino_t find_inode_number (struct dentry * dir, struct qstr * name);  

ARGUMENTS

dir
directory to check
name
Name to find.
 

DESCRIPTION

Check whether a dentry already exists for the given name, and return the inode number if it has an inode. Otherwise 0 is returned.

This routine is used to post-process directory listings for filesystems using synthetic inode numbers, and is necessary to keep getcwd working.  

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This documentation was generated with kernel version 2.5.75.


 

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