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From: ted@nih-csl.UUCP (ted persky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: stat() call on a mounted directory point
Keywords: stat,mount,directory
Message-ID: <1279@nih-csl.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 89 18:54:32 GMT
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Organization: alw.nih.gov (Natl. Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD)
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Here's a strange occurrence that's happening on several
of our machines here.  When I issue a stat() call on
any directory which happens to be a mount point for
a partition (as indicated by 'df'), the inode number
that comes back is '2', which is identical to the
inode of the root directory.  'ls -di' indicates the
same thing.  Why doesn't it give you the actual inode
of the directory?  For instance, a stat() of /usr will
return '2' for the inode.  Issuing an 'ls -il /' gives
you the actual inode number of /usr, which is what I want
stat() to do.

Sincerely,

Ted Persky

P.S. E-mail would be appreciated.  This is kind of urgent.
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