Re: disregard mod/access time

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Date:         Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:49:22 +0200
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

It doesn't make any sense to change the inode-number of a file. It's
managed by the filesystem and it is not intended - or supported! - that
anyone should mess with it directly.

In order to change it you'd need to modify one or more new inodes to point
to the same data, clear the old one(s) and also update whatever the
filesystem uses to record which inodes are in use and which are available.
All of that sounds a bit complicated and has significant potential for
corrupting the entire filesystem.

Why on earth would you want to do it in the first place?

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From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
Jason de la Fuente
Sent: 27 April 2005 05:17
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: disregard mod/access time
I found the command 'fsdb' which does show an example that appears to be
changing the inode number for a directory.  I haven't had a chance to play
with it and I wasn't sure if there was a "simple" way of accomplishing the
same thing.
Has anyone on the list used fsdb before?
>From: Justin Bleistein <justin.bleistein@TOWERSPERRIN.COM>
>Reply-To: IBM AIX Discussion List <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
>To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
>Subject: Re: disregard mod/access time
>Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:52:38 -0400
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>I doubt if you're going to be able to change the inode. Especially, on non
>open sourced Unix systems.
>That's a kernel thing.
>Thanks.
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>--Justin Richard Bleistein
>  AIX Systems Administrator
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>found it, touch -ma.
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>Still trying to find a way to change the inode # though.
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