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Operating Systems AIX How to get the filename of which has been deleted if I know the inode number? Post 302375333 by wfavorite on Friday 27th of November 2009 09:05:49 AM
Old 11-27-2009
Finding filename given inode in AIX

Use "ncheck" to find a filename given an inode.

You will need to supply the inode and the filesystem that it came from.

If the file has been deleted - meaning ALL instances of it - then this command will not work as it uses filesystem directory entires to make the connection between a filename and the inode.

When you rm a file, you are actually un-linking it. This means that you are removing the directory entry and releasing the inode. So if you still have the file open, and it has been deleted (rm'ed) then it does not have a name (anymore).

Of course it is possible to have multiple (hard) links to a file - and therefore it would be possible to find a filename although it would not be the same as the deleted name. (name = full path to file).

The ncheck command (as well as other AIX info) can be found here:

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matchpathcon_checkmatches(3)				     SELinux API documentation				      matchpathcon_checkmatches(3)

NAME
matchpathcon_checkmatches, matchpathcon_filespec_add, matchpathcon_filespec_destroy, matchpathcon_filespec_eval - check and report whether any specification index has no matches with any inode. Maintenance and statistics on inode associations SYNOPSIS
#include <selinux/selinux.h> void matchpathcon_checkmatches(char *str); int matchpathcon_filespec_add(ino_t ino, int specind, const char *file); void matchpathcon_filespec_destroy(void); void matchpathcon_filespec_eval(void); DESCRIPTION
matchpathcon_checkmatches() checks whether any specification has no matches and reports them. The str argument is used as a prefix for any warning messages. matchpathcon_filespec_add() maintains an association between an inode ino and a specification index specind, and checks whether a conflict- ing specification is already associated with the same inode (e.g. due to multiple hard links). If so, then it uses the latter of the two specifications based on their order in the file context configuration. Returns the specification index used or -1 on error. matchpathcon_filespec_destroy() destroys any inode associations that have been added, e.g. to restart for a new filesystem. matchpathcon_filespec_eval() displays statistics on the hash table usage for the inode associations. RETURN VALUE
Returns zero on success or -1 otherwise. SEE ALSO
selinux(8), matchpathcon(3), matchpathcon_index(3), freecon(3), setfilecon(3), setfscreatecon(3) sds@tycho.nsa.gov 21 November 2009 matchpathcon_checkmatches(3)
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