Re: Filename to "inode" pointer in C

[Sergey Lyubka <devnull@asitatech.ie>]

files in userspace are file descriptors.
files in kernel space are pointers to virtual nodes.

to get an associated vnode for file in kernelspace,
`namei' function should be used. check the filesystem
code for the usage example.

to get the low level info in userspace, use `stat', as
was suggested earlier.

On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 01:32:57AM -0800, John D. wrote:
> Is there any C library or function that can take a file name or path,  and convert it into an "inode" pointer.    I need a pointer to an "inode" structure.   I'm also going to want to get the "inode" number.   But I can get that from the "i_number" field in the "inode" structure.
> 
> Any code that comes close to this,  would be most helpful.
> 
> Thanx