From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-08-20T21:52:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Get file by inode number?

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Cody F. <frazercr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also, these file systems store only forward mappings, i.e. from file
>> name to inode number but not the reverse. So retrieving a file name
>> from an inode number basically means scanning the complete file system
>> and checking each file's inode number.  Definitively something that
>> does not fall into the category "efficient". :-)
>
> Actually, when Linux crashes, it might store orphaned files in the
> lost+found directory with the filename listed as the original inode of
> the file. That's why it'd be helpful to have that in Ruby.

Now you just have to explain where that information should come from...

Cheers

robert

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