[CLUE-Tech] Re: Finding all hard links to a file

[Angelo Bertolli]

> >> File names are kept in directories (which, at least originally, were
> >> files).  The directory tells you the file name and the file's inode.
> >> They are the only way the two are connected and they are optimized for
> >> looking up inodes given a name (not the other way round).
> >>
> > I see... another reason to add this feature to the slocate db.  But
> > would it be useful?
>
> It wouldn't be useful to me, I've never asked myself "which file names
> point to the same file".  Why do you ask that question?

Wondering if it could be useful for an administration perspective to do
some spring cleaning.  Actually it isn't useful for me either since I
avoid hard links.

Angelo