1. NAME▲

bmap - find a block number in a file

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

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

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

inode
    inode of file

block
    block to find

4. DESCRIPTION ▲

Returns the block number on the device holding the inode that is the disk block number for the block of the file requested. That is, asked for block 4 of inode 1 the function will return the disk block relative to the disk start that holds that block of the file.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲