File Access and Manipulation - Part C - Names and Inode IDs

Commands	Inode #	Inode link count	File size
ls > a2c
ls -il a2c	11	12	13
cp a2c a2c.c
ls -il a2c	21	22	23
ls -il a2c.c	31	32	33
ln a2c a2c.h
ls -il a2c	41	42	43
ls -il a2c.h	51	52	53
ln -s a2c a2c.s
ls -il a2c	61	62	63
ls -il a2c.s	71	72	73
ln -s $HOME/330/a2c a2c.s2
ls -il a2c	81	82	83
ls -il a2c.s2	91	92	93
mv a2c a2c.new
ls -il a2c.new	A1	A2	A3
ls -il a2c.h	B1	B2	B3
ls -il a2c.s	C1	C2	C3
mkdir tdir
ls -ild tdir	D1	D2	D3
ln -s tdir tdir.s
ls -ild tdir.s	E1	E2	E3

10 points - Due In class, at start of class, 6 July 2006

For this exersize, you are going to examine the relationship between filenames and a file's inode id.

2. The commands are arranged in sets running down the left side of the chart. The first command creates or modifies a file. It will be followed by one or more ls commands. Run the first command in the set. Then run the ls commands. For each ls command, record the information specifed in the column header.

Although, it is not required to record the filename info in the right hand column of the output of the ls command, take a moment to look at it and notice the differences in the file names when using different options of ln and different arguments.

3. Move down to the next set of commands.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3