Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Alright, I give up. What does the "i" in "inode" stand for? | From | "Georg Nikodym" <> | Date | 20 Jul 2002 10:22:07 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 10:20, yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote: > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:38:57PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 06:33:54PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote: > > > I've been sitting on this question for years, hoping I'd come across the > > > answer, and I STILL don't know what the "i" is short for. Somebody here has > > > got to know this. :) > > > > Incore node, I believe. In the original Unix code there was dinode and > > inode if I remember correctly, for disk node and incore node. > > So what was that program that was used to fix file system errors called? Started > with a "d". I remembered the name up until a few years ago when I said > something about fixing filesystems with whatever it was and adb in front of Dave Miller > who seemed ready to rush me off to the museum to be exhibited in the paleology section. > Now I'm too old to even remember the name.
Sure you're not thinking of "fsdb"?
-g
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