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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Showing a file's symbolic links Post 302325921 by effigy on Tuesday 16th of June 2009 01:10:46 PM
Old 06-16-2009
methyl:

I tried your advice and the results are confusing.

The example directory that I'm using has a link count of four. If I search the same file system for links to this directory's inode I get one result: the directory itself. If I search / I get two results: the directory itself and a file in another file system that has absolutely nothing to do with this directory.

What am I missing here; am I misunderstanding link counts?
Could my directory be linked to from another (backup) server?

-----Post Update-----

My Unix admin gave me an idea and further searching of the web confirmed this:

Quote:
...the link count of a directory is 2 + the number of subdirectories in the given directory.
I apologize for the misleading title "Showing a file's symbolic links."

Based on methyl's method, it appears that this directory has nothing linked to it--which makes sense; I wasn't expecting anything to be. If a directory is linked, the above method should work.

Last edited by effigy; 06-16-2009 at 02:36 PM..
 

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TIFFSetDirectory(3T)													      TIFFSetDirectory(3T)

NAME
TIFFSetDirectory, TIFFSetSubDirectory - set the current directory for an open TIFF file SYNOPSIS
#include <tiffio.h> int TIFFSetDirectory(TIFF* tif, tdir_t dirnum) int TIFFSetSubDirectory(TIFF* tif, uint32 diroff) DESCRIPTION
TIFFSetDirectory changes the current directory and reads its contents with TIFFReadDirectory. The parameter dirnum specifies the sub- file/directory as an integer number, with the first directory numbered zero. TIFFSetSubDirectory acts like TIFFSetDirectory, except the directory is specified as a file offset instead of an index; this is required for accessing subdirectories linked through a SubIFD tag. RETURN VALUES
On successful return 1 is returned. Otherwise, 0 is returned if dirnum or diroff specifies a non-existent directory, or if an error was encountered while reading the directory's contents. DIAGNOSTICS
All error messages are directed to the TIFFError(3T) routine. %s: Error fetching directory count. An error was encountered while reading the ``directory count'' field. %s: Error fetching directory link. An error was encountered while reading the ``link value'' that points to the next directory in a file. SEE ALSO
libtiff(3T), TIFFCurrentDirectory(3T), TIFFOpen(3T), TIFFReadDirectory(3T), TIFFWriteDirectory(3T) October 15, 1995 TIFFSetDirectory(3T)
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