Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:18:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:18:39 -0400 Received: from hq.fsmlabs.com ([209.155.42.197]:50382 "EHLO hq.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:18:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:20:23 -0600 From: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com To: Larry McVoy , Rob Landley , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Alright, I give up. What does the "i" in "inode" stand for? Message-ID: <20020719082023.A4884@hq.fsmlabs.com> References: <200207190432.g6J4WD2366706@pimout5-int.prodigy.net> <20020718213857.E23208@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020718213857.E23208@work.bitmover.com>; from lm@bitmover.com on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:38:57PM -0700 Organization: FSM Labs Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1230 Lines: 27 On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:38:57PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 06:33:54PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote: > > I've been sitting on this question for years, hoping I'd come across the > > answer, and I STILL don't know what the "i" is short for. Somebody here has > > got to know this. :) > > Incore node, I believe. In the original Unix code there was dinode and > inode if I remember correctly, for disk node and incore node. So what was that program that was used to fix file system errors called? Started with a "d". I remembered the name up until a few years ago when I said something about fixing filesystems with whatever it was and adb in front of Dave Miller who seemed ready to rush me off to the museum to be exhibited in the paleology section. Now I'm too old to even remember the name. -- --------------------------------------------------------- Victor Yodaiken Finite State Machine Labs: The RTLinux Company. www.fsmlabs.com www.rtlinux.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/