i-node -- Definition

COHERENT system file identifier

Each  file on  a COHERENT  file system  is identified  by a  unique number,
called an i-node number or i-number. Each i-node contains information about
a  file: its  mode, link  count, user  identifier, group  identifier, size,
location on the file system, access time, modify time, and creation time.

The  user refers  to a  file by  a file  name, stored  in a  directory; the
directory entry identifies the file by  its i-node number.  A device and i-
node number  together uniquely  specify a file.   The headers ino.h  and i-
node.h define, respectively, disk i-nodes and memory i-nodes.

See Also

Using COHERENT

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness