Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 15 Jun 1996 20:18:50 -0700 | From | (Bruce Thompson) | Subject | Re: inodes ? kernel problem |
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At 11:50 06/15/96, admin@borisone.demon.co.uk wrote: > Is there a program available that will match inode > numbers to a file, so that I can see which inodes a file > is using ? > > I ask this as since upgrading beyond about pre2.0.7 > I always get deleted inode errors on my root partition > when rebooting. > I always e2fsck each partition during reboot, as I am continually > changing things :-) . > > These errors also occur if the root partition is checked before > reboot, but are not repeated then during reboot. I hope this is > clear.. >
Hi. The 'ls' command will list the inode numbers with the '-i' option. The will list a directory along with the inode numbers associated with the names.
Your question betrays some misunderstanding of how filesystems are organized. A file is a set of blocks (okay, that was obvious). An inode is used to keep track of what blocks belong to a file, when the file was created/modified/accessed, the permissions on the file, etc. A crucial point: each file is associated with exactly one inode. A directory entry does nothing more than map a name to an inode. An inode may be referenced by more than one directory entry (that's what a hard link is).
There is no utility that I know of that will map the entire space of inodes onto the names they are referenced by.
Having a lot of deleted inodes at boot time sounds like you may not be shutting down properly and your filesystems aren't being synced correctly. Other than that I couldn't say.
Cheers, Bruce.
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