Hello! On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:26:19PM +0100, Richard Emslie wrote:
> > The instance of what is a raw access to files and directories you can > > see on http://reiserfs.linux.kiev.ua/progsreiserfs-0.3.0.tar.gz in > > files: object.c, file.c, dir.c > Sorry for sounding dumb but am I right in saying this code does not go > near reiserfs kernel code. ie it is directly accessing at block level? Yes. > Is this reiserfs-raw? If so how does this benfit from the reiserfs's > internal tree? No. Reiserfs-raw is a different thing. In reiserfs-raw you actually mount your fs, and then access the data through ioctls. > If this has nothing to do with reiserfs-raw, how can one access a > partition when mounted raw? ie open(pathname) doesn't make much sense. You can do it through ioctl. Nikita should know the details. Bye, Oleg
