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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: finding the missing links
Keywords: ln
Message-ID: <1736@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 2 Jun 89 21:43:32 GMT
References: <207@flattop.UUCP> <704@lilink.UUCP>
Reply-To: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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 >The simplest way I know of is to say:
 >       ls -i xxx        [command returns inode #]
 >       ncheck -i inode_number

...

 >Michael R. Johnston
 >System Administrator                           rutgers!lilink!mikej

The "System Administrator" part is probably significant here.  "ncheck"
has to actually *read* the raw devices upon which the file systems
you're checking reside; generally they are *not* made publicly readable,
so J. Random User probably won't be able to use "ncheck" for this.