Re: How to check if a file is a present in a directory(directly/indirectly)

2015-03-06 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:38:46 +0530, noyb noybee said: > I am building a LKM in which I need to check whether a file is inside > a particular directory(directly or inside sub-directories). Is there a > function for this? Do I need to use the lookup function in > inode_operations for this or is there

Re: How to check if a file is a present in a directory(directly/indirectly)

2015-03-06 Thread Gabriel Duarte
Maybe it helps: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8347553/how-do-i-open-a-directory-at-kernel-level-using-the-file-descriptor-for-that-dir 2015-03-06 12:08 GMT-03:00 noyb noybee : > I am building a LKM in which I need to check whether a file is inside > a particular directory(directly or inside

How to check if a file is a present in a directory(directly/indirectly)

2015-03-06 Thread noyb noybee
I am building a LKM in which I need to check whether a file is inside a particular directory(directly or inside sub-directories). Is there a function for this? Do I need to use the lookup function in inode_operations for this or is there a better method? Regards, winged_elite