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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers hard links in unix Post 302343337 by methyl on Wednesday 12th of August 2009 08:13:26 AM
Old 08-12-2009
As hinted by zaxxon , the "find" syntax depends on the Operating System.

Display the inode number of the file with "ls".
Code:
ls -i filename

Inode numbers are only unique within mountpoints.

Then use the "find" command to search the mountpoint containing the file by inode number (-inum number) and use the "find" switch to keep the search within the mountpoint (-xdev in some versions, -mount in some other versions).
 

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HFS.UTIL(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       HFS.UTIL(8)

NAME
hfs.util -- HFS/HFS+ file system utility SYNOPSIS
hfs.util -m device mountpoint [mountflag1] [mountflag2] [mountflag3] [mountflag4] hfs.util -p device [mountflag1] [mountflag2] [mountflag3] [mountflag4] hfs.util -J [size] mountpoint hfs.util -U mountpoint hfs.util -N device hfs.util -I mountpoint hfs.util [-aksu] device DESCRIPTION
The hfs.util command supports the mounting, probing, and unmounting of HFS file systems. Options: -a Adopt permissions for the HFS file system at device -I Print out status information about the journal on the HFS file system at mountpoint -J [size] Enable journaling on the HFS file system mounted on mountpoint. An optional size may be specified (e.g. 32M for a 32 megabyte journal). -k Get the UUID key for the HFS file system at device. -m Mount the HFS file system located on device onto mountpoint with the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4 -M Force mount the HFS file system located on device onto mountpoint with the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4. This is a deprecated option. -N Disable journaling on a HFS+ file system located at device -p Probe the device for an HFS file system using the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4 -s Set the UUID key (generates a new UUID value) for the HFS file system at device -u Unmount the HFS file system located at device -U Disable journaling on the HFS+ file system mounted on mountpoint The mountflags referenced above are either: o removable or fixed o readonly or writeable o suid or nosuid o dev or nodev Note that for the device references above, you must only supply the last component of the path to the device in question, such as disk0s2 rather than /dev/disk0s2. SEE ALSO
diskarbitrationd(8) HISTORY
Derived from the Openstep Workspace Manager file system utility programs. Darwin July 16, 2003 Darwin
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