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From: jeff@quark.WV.TEK.COM (Jeff Beadles)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Directory Editor
Keywords: directory,damaged,fix
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Date: 7 Jun 89 15:14:08 GMT
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In article <603@stanton.UUCP> donegan@stanton.UUCP ( Owner) writes:
>I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but is there source code available
>which would allow me(root) to edit a directory file directly?

Nope.  Only the kernel can write to a directory.  Even allmighty root can't
do that.  However, if you're really bored, I guess that you could go into
the raw filesystem, search for the block on-disk, and tweek it there.  :-) :-)

(Don't do this at home kids...)

	-Jeff