I have saved my program in a folder where there are 5 files. Now I want to print the files inode
numbers. Here's my program:
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <libgen.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(){
DIR *dir;
struct dirent *dp;
if((dir = opendir(".")) == NULL){
printf ("Cannot open .");
exit(1);
}
while ((dp = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
printf("%i\n",(*dp).d_ino);
}
}
and here's my results
251
250
332
254
257
328
274
283
So I have 5 files and 8 i-node numbers? How is it possible?
EDIT: When I add to print this
printf("%i\n",dp->d_name);
printf("%i\n",dp->d_ino);
I get this output
-27246574
251
-27246550
250
-27246526
334
-27246502
254
-27246470
257
-27246438
328
-27246414
274
-27246382
283
So I think that my program doesn't find files in a directory?
d_name is a string:
struct dirent {
ino_t d_ino; /* inode number */
off_t d_off; /* offset to the next dirent */
unsigned short d_reclen; /* length of this record */
unsigned char d_type; /* type of file; not supported
by all file system types */
char d_name[256]; /* filename */
};
So you should printf it with %s, not %i:
printf("%s %i\n",dp->d_name, dp->d_ino);
Then you'll see what's in there.