unixgoinode

Get file inode in Go


How can I get a file inode in Go?

I already can print it like this:

file := "/tmp/system.log"
fileinfo, _ := os.Stat(file)
fmt.Println(fileinfo.Sys())
fmt.Println(fileinfo)

Looking at Go implementation it was obvious looking for some stat method, but I still did not manage to find the structure definition for a Unix system.

How can I get the inode value directly?

Which file/s in the source code define the structure of Sys()?


Solution

  • You can use a type assertion to get the underlying syscall.Stat_t from the fileinfo like this

    package main
    
    import (
        "fmt"
        "os"
        "syscall"
    )
    
    func main() {
        file := "/etc/passwd"
        fileinfo, _ := os.Stat(file)
        fmt.Printf("fileinfo.Sys() = %#v\n", fileinfo.Sys())
        fmt.Printf("fileinfo = %#v\n", fileinfo)
        stat, ok := fileinfo.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
        if !ok {
            fmt.Printf("Not a syscall.Stat_t")
            return
        }
        fmt.Printf("stat = %#v\n", stat)
        fmt.Printf("stat.Ino = %#v\n", stat.Ino)
    }