Fsck uses short for inode number. (Sco xenix [23]86)

[Bodo Rueskamp]

In article <459 at mrecvax.UUCP> tron at mrecvax.UUCP (Carlos Mendioroz) writes:
>The problem with doing so is that almost every utility that comes
>with xenix thinks that an inode number is < 2^16. Fsck belongs to
>this family...

That's a kernel limit. Layout of a directory entry:
	2 bytes inode number + 14 bytes file name = 16 bytes dir entry

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Bodo Rueskamp, <br at unido.uucp>