Nanakos Chrysostomos wrote:
> i want to read the superblock & inode for a block device.
> I dont want to use readdir to get the inode and dir name.I want to do it
> like the skeleton below,can someone help me??
>
>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main()
> {
>
> struct what_struct d; /* What struct to use for inode*/
> struct what_struct_sb sb; /*What struct to use for superblock */
> int fd;
>
> fd=open("/dev/hda1",0);
> lseek(fd,4096L,0); /* Is this the first inode?? Where is the next one?*/
> /*Where is the superblock allocated in the disk */
The layout of a filesystem depends entirely upon the filesystem type
(ext2, vfat etc).
You should look at the source code for filesystem specific tools (e.g.
e2fsprogs, dosfstools etc) for example code.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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