Re: Filesystem Programming

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Jeba Anandhan A wrote:

> i like to write filesystem programming .
> how to start ?.
>
> i am studying filesystem concepts and filesystem
> objects.
> how to access the superblock info of mounted
> filesystem .
>

Just read the raw device. You can get the source-code
of all the ext2/3 untilities off the net. This will
show everything you need to know (except how to put
the file-system back together after your first mistake)(^.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.26 on an i686 machine (5570.56 BogoMips).
            Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.

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