On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 19:15 +0200, Jakko Pastuchio wrote: > Hi All ! > > I wonder how inodes numbers are allocated/maintainded/recycled. Usually with a bitmap (stored on disk) that says which inode numbers are free and which are used. > does every file on disk have a unique inode number (which is kept > on the disk) and that inode number never changes ? An inode number describes exactly one file on the file system. The inode number should not change. > or does the inode numbers are given only when that file is opened ? No - inode numbers are stored in the on-disk inode. Avishay Traeger http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/~avishay/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
