FIND_INODE_NUMBER
Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME
find_inode_number - check for dentry with name
SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
ino_t find_inode_number (struct dentry * dir, struct qstr * name);
ARGUMENTS
- dir
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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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