In the RTL, is there an encapsulation for finding the inode number of a file in an extX file system ? Or dis anybody already do code for this ?

Thanks,
-Michael

Michael Schnell wrote

In the RTL, is there an encapsulation for finding the inode number of a file in an extX file system ? Or dis anybody already do code for this ?

You need to use the fpstat function for this. The stat record contains the inode number.

Michael.

Thanks a lot. I'll try this one.

-Michael

While with

uses libc, Linux, Unix, unixtype;

I can use the Function "fpStatFS(Path:ansistring;Info:PStatfs):cint;" (which provides useful information of the filer system) successfully, and I did find

"function Fpstat(path: pchar; var buf: stat):cint; [public, alias : 'FPC_SYSC_STAT'];"

in /linux/ossysc.inc;

I can't find a way to call Fpstat(), nor do I find what the type "stat" used there is supposed to be.

Thanks again,
-Michael

I did find the definition of the stat record in stat.inc, but I'm still not unclear how to make use of it.

-Michael

OK, I did find that I need to "use" baseunix.

Funny that fpstat is there and it's not necessary for fpstatfs...

Thanks,
-Michael

Funny that fpstat is there and it's not necessary for fpstatfs...

And funny that fpstat uses a var parameter, while fpstatfs needs an explicit pointer to the return record.

Anyway. it works fine now.

Thanks again,
-Michael