I am taking in an inode number from a user and I have to search the file system for that file. How do I search through inode numbers. I have to do this using C and unix.
Here is my code so far:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
int main(){
int inodeNumber;
printf("Please enter the inode you wish to view:\n");
scanf("%d",&inodeNumber);
struct stat fileStat;
int temp_file;
temp_file = system("find/fs/root -inum inodeNumber");
fstat(temp_file, &fileStat);
//printf("Information for %s\n",argv[1]);
printf("---------------------------\n");
printf("File Size: \t\t%d bytes\n",(int)fileStat.st_size);
printf("Number of Links: \t%d\n",(int)fileStat.st_nlink);
printf("File inode: \t\t%d\n",(int)fileStat.st_ino);
}
Thanks
Traverse your filesystem's directories recursively, doing stat
(or probably lstat
) on each file, comparing st_ino
member of struct stat
to the inode number you're searching.
If you didn't have to do it in C, I would recommend find /fs/root -inum N
instead.