Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:18:40 +1100 (EST) From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> To: reichert@internet.com (Brian Reichert) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unlink by inodes? Message-ID: <199612190418.PAA22239@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <19961219031216.27145.qmail@oneida.internet.com> from Brian Reichert at "Dec 18, 96 10:12:16 pm"
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Brian Reichert writes: > Howdy, folks - > Is there a way of unlinking a file, given it's _inode_ ? I was > exploring news expiration alternatives, and was wondering how to > avoid the overhead of path -> inode lookup... Consider that you must find each directory referencing this inode in order to remove the (possibly multiple) entries pointing to it, michael
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