Re: [SLUG] file of an inode

[Kevin Pulo <kev@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <cbrady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ndaglis <ndaglis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
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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