suse man page for bmap

Query: bmap

OS: suse

Section: 9

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BMAP(9) 							   The Linux VFS							   BMAP(9)

NAME
bmap - find a block number in a file
SYNOPSIS
sector_t bmap(struct inode * inode, sector_t block);
ARGUMENTS
inode inode of file block block to find
DESCRIPTION
Returns the block number on the device holding the inode that is the disk block number for the block of the file requested. That is, asked for block 4 of inode 1 the function will return the disk block relative to the disk start that holds that block of the file.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 BMAP(9)
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