In Linux, a file has two parts: its name and its contents. A structure called an "inode" connects a filename ... The previous ...

For example, between 2.2.15 and 2.3.99pre9 the number of supported ... I printed out a ream of files like linux/fs/ufs/inode.c and known associates, and hit the books. Along the way I found some very ...

in the example below, also shows the file’s “birth” time – which many versions of Linux do not report – along with the file size, owner, permissions, inode number, etc. This information ...

This article is excerpted from Chapter 7 of my book Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals ... behavior is the default in modern versions of ls as well. -c: Use the inode change time, instead ...