Top "Inode" questions

In computing, an inode (index node) is a data structure found in many Unix file systems.

How to Free Inode Usage?

I have a disk drive where the inode usage is 100% (using df -i command). However after deleting files substantially, the …

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Where are all my inodes being used?

How do I find out which directories are responsible for chewing up all my inodes? Ultimately the root directory will …

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How many bytes per inodes?

I need to create a very high number of files which are not very large (like 4kb,8kb). It's not …

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Maximum file size given a particular inode structure?

Suppose a UNIX file system has some constraints--say, 2 KB blocks and 8B disk addresses. What is the maximum file size …

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How to store one billion files on ext4?

I only created about 8 million files, then there was no free inode in /dev/sdb1. [spider@localhost images]$ df -i …

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Understanding the concept of Inodes

I am referring to the link about concepts of Inodes I am confused on parts: 12 direct block pointers 1 single indirect …

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How do you determine using stat() whether a file is a symbolic link?

I basically have to write a clone of the UNIX ls command for a class, and I've got almost everything …

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Inode vs Vnode Difference

I had some doubts regarding an Inode vs a Vnode. As far as my understanding goes, inode is the representation …

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Xfs file size, inode size and block size

ll /srv/node/dcodxx/test.sh -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 7 Nov 5 11:18 /srv/node/dcodxx/test.sh The size of the file …

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What is an anonymous inode in Linux?

I made a google search about "anonymous inode" and it seems it's related to epoll ... but what actually is it?

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