> > hmm looks like not! is there a tool like du to find where these inodes
> > are being used up?

find
1 line = 1 inode
Exceptions: filenames with newlines in them, hardlinks (creating a
hardlink does not use another inode, as it's using one which already
exists)

> Not to my knowledge, but it's one inode per file for small files like those you have
> on the log partition of the IPCop.

No, 1 file couldn't possibly take up more than 1 inode. Everything takes
up one inode, including directories (ls -i), excluding hardlinks.

Creating a hardlink increases the file's link count (second column of ls
-l), deleting a file decreases the link count. Data is deleted from disk
when the link count goes from 1 to 0, not earlier (and after the last
process which still has the file open closes it).

Volker

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