Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!utah-cs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!lcc.bob@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA From: lcc.bob@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: What is the root inode number in BSD 4.1 and 4.2? Message-ID: <12345@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 13:46:49 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12345 Posted: Fri Aug 10 13:46:49 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 19:38:02 EDT Lines: 23 From: Bob EnglishDate: 7 Aug 84 15:18:42-PDT (Tue) To: Unix-Wizards@BRL-VGR.ARPA From: decvax!linus!axiom!smk@UCB-VAX.ARPA Subject: Re: What is the root inode number in BSD 4.1 and 4.2? Article-I.D.: axiom.589 In-Reply-To: Article <280@ihu1h.UUCP> People, if you want YOUR root to be the one displayed and you assume ROOTINO, be advised that chroot() destroys that assumption. -- --steve kramer And if your system has any mounted filesystems, ROOTINO does not indicate the root unless the dev's are the same. The only way to find the root's device is with a stat. "stat("/", &statb)" is cheap. I really can't believe you're worried about the extra cost. --bob--