From: GOTO Kentaro <gotoken@...>
Date: 2002-08-10T01:47:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting the file name from a File::Stat object?

At Sat, 10 Aug 2002 00:57:05 +0900,
Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, GOTO Kentaro wrote:
> > You can redefine File.stat as follows, however, I don't recommend this
> > because File::stat is not API for a file but just for a inode.  For
> > example, File::stat can represent a file which has been deleted already.
> 
> Maybe you want to say: File::Stat is not an API for a filename but just
> for a file.

Yes.  Sorry for inaccuracy. 

> A file and an inode, for most purposes, are the same thing. In particular,
> the inode is the entry point of the file, contains everything about it
> except filenames and actual file data, and is the sole source for pointers
> to the file data. Files are uniquely identified by their inode number.

Thanks you for good explanation.  

I leaned these things from Richard Stevens's "Advanced Programming in
the UNIX Environment".  This is really nice book.
http://www.aw.com/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0201563177,00.html

-- Gotoken