directory entry

[mohit verma]

thanks rajat  but i need it in kernel space.
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Rajat Sharma <fs.rajat at gmail.com> wrote:

> well just do a readdir and count yourself where you find a match!!
>
> -Rajat
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:44 PM, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > hi all,
> > is there any way to find out the offset or the directory entry number of
> a
> > file in the directory ?
> >
> > let me explain a bit more:
> >
> > when we open a drectory via open(2) and find out the directory entry by
> > readdir(2,3) or getdents(2) it automatically increases to the next
> > directory entry and fills in the dirent structure.
> > but in kernel space , let we have the parent directory name and child of
> it
> > . so is there any way to figure out at what  offset or what number
> (exactly)
> > that perticular child will occur in the directory contains?
> >
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> > MOHIT VERMA
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