"Kamal R. Prasad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So the question is, how do I get hold of pathname given > vnode*/(inode, devno, generation no) -without relying on the name > cache (on freebsd)?
You can't. The semantics of Unix file systems are such that the mapping from file name to file is one-way. Furthermore, a file can be associated with more than one file name, or even none at all (if it has been unlinked but is still held open by a process). DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
