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inode

Gurudatta Shinde — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:43:42 GMT

Hi all,
Why 1 and 0 are not used as inodes ?
thaks folks

Re: inode

James R. Ferguson — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:23:26 GMT

Hi:

Inode zero (0) is the value for an unused (or deleted ) inode. An inode with a value of one (1), if used, has a filesystem-specific meaning.

An inode number of two (2) is the root directory of a filesystem. It represents a mountpoint and is one way to find all mounted directories.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: inode

Gurudatta Shinde — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:36:07 GMT

Hi James ,
I am really very happy for such fast response to a non-professional question. Thks for ur assistance.
But can u tell me for what in detail inode 1 is used.
Regards