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NAME

6       bmap - find a block number in a file
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SYNOPSIS

9       sector_t bmap(struct inode * inode, sector_t block);
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ARGUMENTS

12       inode
13           inode of file
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16           block to find
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DESCRIPTION

19       Returns the block number on the device holding the inode that is the
20       disk block number for the block of the file requested. That is, asked
21       for block 4 of inode 1 the function will return the disk block relative
22       to the disk start that holds that block of the file.
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25Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.       November 2011                         BMAP(9)
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