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.TH "FIND_INODE_NUMBER" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
find_inode_number \- check for dentry with name
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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ino_t find_inode_number  (struct dentry * \fIdir\fB, struct qstr * \fIname\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIdir\fB\fR
directory to check
.TP
\fB\fIname\fB\fR
Name to find.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Check whether a dentry already exists for the given name,
and return the inode number if it has an inode. Otherwise
0 is returned.
.PP
This routine is used to post-process directory listings for
filesystems using synthetic inode numbers, and is necessary
to keep \fBgetcwd\fR working.