topic Re: Inode in Operating System - HP-UX

Inode

vinuhcl — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:17:52 GMT

hi Gurus,

If we are rename a file what will happen to it's Inode??? Please give the answer.

Regs

Vinu

Re: Inode

vinuhcl — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:28:45 GMT

thanks

Re: Inode

karthik_in83 — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:20:32 GMT

Hi vinuhcl,

If you rename the file, inode it doesn't change. Same inode will be there to that file.

If the file is moved within the filesystem(within the same partition), the inode does not change. If you overrite the file with a copy command, the target file's inode does not change.

by karthik