inode number -> pathname? (4.2BSD)

[Tim Curry]

>From rsf at Shasta.ARPA Sun Feb  6 01:28:16 206
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: inode number -> pathname? (4.2BSD)
Organization: Stanford University

>I am looking for a good way to generate the full path name of a directory, 
>given only its inode number (plus the device number of its filesystem).
>Does anyone know if there's a good way to do this in 4.2BSD?  Clearly, being 
>able to chdir to the directory, given only its device and inode numbers, 
>would be sufficient for my needs.

>The 'obvious' solution is to open the file system as a device, parse the data 
>structures to find the appropriate inode, and then follow the ".." entries to 
>construct the pathname (this is effectively what "ncheck" does).
>However, I'd prefer a cleaner solution if at all possible.

How about:

	find / -inum inode-number -print
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