While reading for fun, I noticed inode does not carry filename. I always though it did. I read that it is carried by the directory structure and the kernel interpolates it. Can someone please explain this to me TIA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/ext3-users/attachments/20080628/32cd656a/attachment.htm>
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 00:13:30 -0400, Mag Gam <magawake at gmail.com> wrote:> While reading for fun, I noticed inode does not carry filename. I always > though it did. I read that it is carried by the directory structure and the > kernel interpolates it. Can someone please explain this to meA file can have more than one name. You can read up on "hard link" for more information.