On 11/7/06, s prashant <sprashant16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 11/7/06, dreamfly281 < dreamfly281@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:"path_lookup" may not be exported by some kernel versions, instead you can use "path_init" and "path_walk" together to get the inode info. Further you will get the inode info from the dentry field in nameidata structure. See the code of path_lookup if you have any doubts.Nishan Naseer wrote:
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> On 11/7/06, *Deepak Joshi* <deepak_cins@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto: deepak_cins@xxxxxxxxxxx >> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I am very new to ext3 file system. I want to write a simple module
> by using which i can get the inode of file if i will give the name
> of the file. i read about the inode structure. But couldn't able
> to make out how to start.
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> Please help me in writing this module. and please help me in
> understanding complete ext3 file system.
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> Thanks and Regards,
> Deepak Joshi.
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> You can read th einfo pag eof libext2fs. The header files are also
> well documented.
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> cheers,
> nishan.
>I think you can get it by call path_lookup(const char *path, unsigned
flags, struct nameidata *nd)
BR
lyb
regards
prashant.
read "chapter 12. the virtual file system" from "understanding the linux kernel", especially 12.4 and 12.5 to understand the underlying concepts.
Regards,
Sunil Agham
