Re: how can i get hold of a file inode ?

From: Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 06:44:50 EST

Insufficient info.
                Roger.

BenHanokh Gabriel wrote:
> hi
>
> how can i get pointer to a file inode ?
>
> should i use namei or that it is better to have a user-space app opening
> the file and passing me the fd( using ioctl ) ?
>
> i saw that kernel code like sys_read is calling fget with the user space
> fd, but i couldn't link with fget
>
> please CC me for answers as i'm not register to the mailing list
>
> THX
> /gabi
>
>
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