thanks rajat but i need it in kernel space. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Rajat Sharma <[email protected]> wrote:
> well just do a readdir and count yourself where you find a match!! > > -Rajat > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:44 PM, mohit verma <[email protected]> > wrote: > > hi all, > > is there any way to find out the offset or the directory entry number of > a > > file in the directory ? > > > > let me explain a bit more: > > > > when we open a drectory via open(2) and find out the directory entry by > > readdir(2,3) or getdents(2) it automatically increases to the next > > directory entry and fills in the dirent structure. > > but in kernel space , let we have the parent directory name and child of > it > > . so is there any way to figure out at what offset or what number > (exactly) > > that perticular child will occur in the directory contains? > > > > -- > > ........................ > > MOHIT VERMA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kernelnewbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > > > > -- ........................ *MOHIT VERMA*
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