Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mimsy!eneevax!umd5!brl-adm!adm!rbj@icst-cmr.arpa From: rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: A couple questions Message-ID: <7288@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-May-87 16:36:33 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.7288 Posted: Thu May 7 16:36:33 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 9-May-87 09:28:25 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 16 In article <634@boulder.Colorado.EDU> cdash@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Charles Shub) writes: >actually, it is possible. you know the inode associated with the descriptor >start at "/" and keep looking for that i# keeping track of where you are. Doug & Chris have already pointed out the possibility that a file may have more than one name. I wish to point out that it may have none at all. In addition to the obvious case of a pipe (or FIFO, socket, or any other abstraction that uses an inode abstraction internally), consider typing: rm -f foo; yes > foo & rm foo Don't try this at home, kids! (Root Boy) Jim "Just Say Yes" Cottrell