* Ashutosh Adkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070121 17:38]: > >How are you modifying the file? With text editor I believe. > > > > vi of course.But what the heck.Even a 'touch' command changes the inode > >value
I think you are getting confused. "touch" does not change inode number, it changes inode data essentially modification and access time date stamps by default. vi (like some editors and some other utilities), makes a copy of the current file and then removes the file when the user saves the file, the copy is "re-saved" to the original position and hence the inode is changed. If you want to cross check, make a hard link to the file and then edit the file using vi and you will find the inode will not be changed. Shantanu www.shantanukulkarni.org -- -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
