The expected traditional behaviour of readdir() is to return the inode number of the underlying filesystem, not the mount point. This is true on BSD and Solaris as well as Linux, and is permitted by POSIX. POSIX doesn't allow d_ino to be random because it is specified be the file's serial number (i.e. inode).
The POSIX spec implies that ls(1) should return the same inode number that stat(2) does, which is not entirely sensible since that would cause unhelpful results for symbolic links. BSD ls(1) prints the inode number from lstat(2). Solaris ls(1) prints the inode number from readdir(). Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ VIKING NORTH UTSIRE: EASTERLY 4 OR 5, INCREASING 6 OR 7 AT TIMES IN SOUTH, BACKING NORTHEASTERLY LATER. ROUGH BECOMING MODERATE. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
