On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Kevin Pulo wrote:
> Simple question: How do I find out which file is using a given inode?
Damn, I knew I should have grepped my SLUG archive first. :(
Sorry about that.
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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 15:32:51 +1000 (EST)
From: Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ndaglis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] inode -> filename mapping.
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, ndaglis wrote:
> looking in the /proc directory I can get some info which
> refers to files on disk by the inode number. How do I work
> out the name of the corresponding file?
You'll need not just an inode number, but a device.major/device.minor/inode
triple.
Assuming you can work out the right device and where it is mounted, you
can use find:
find . -inum n -print
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Bye 4 now,
Kev.
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