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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Directory Inode Number Not Unique Post 72567 by blowtorch on Sunday 22nd of May 2005 05:21:45 AM
Old 05-22-2005
A directory is essentially a file, one that is written in a very specific manner. And for all files, the only data structure that will give out complete information about the file is the inode. So, for all files there is only one inode, unless the file is a link. In that case, you have two or more files referring to the same inode.

Of course, the inode number is unique only on the filesystem where the file exists. Files across different filesystems can have the same inode number.

The directories that you saw were probably across different filesystems.
 

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FFIND(1)						      General Commands Manual							  FFIND(1)

NAME
ffind - Finds the name of the file or directory using a given inode SYNOPSIS
ffind [-aduvV] [-f fstype] [-i imgtype] [-o imgoffset] [-b dev_sector_size] image inode DESCRIPTION
ffind finds the names of files or directories that are allocated to inode on disk image image. By default it only will only return the first name it finds. With some file systems, this will find deleted file names. ARGUMENTS
image [images] One (or more if split) disk or partition images whose format is given with '-i'. inode Integer of inode to find. The optional arguments are: -a Find all occurrences of inode. -d Find deleted entries only. -f fstype Identify the file system type of the image. Use '-f list' to list the supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are used. -u Find undeleted entries only. -i imgtype Identify the type of image file, such as raw or split. Use '-i list' to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are used. -o imgoffset The sector offset where the file system starts in the image. -b dev_sector_size The size, in bytes, of the underlying device sectors. If not given, the value in the image format is used (if it exists) or 512-bytes is assumed. -v Verbose output to stderr. -V Display version. This program searches all directory entries looking for the given inode. This is useful when an inode has been identified from a disk unit address using ifind(1). EXAMPLE
# ffind -a image 212 SEE ALSO
ifind(1) AUTHOR
Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org> Send documentation updates to <doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org> FFIND(1)
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