dipto@umbc3.UUCP (03/04/87)
Unix shell programming follows a convention that all index counts
begin from number 0. However, inode counts start at one (1) in the
file header.
Answer to the above question:-
In the Unix file system, the number zero (0) is used to indicate
an empty directory entry. So, the file header gets scanned for a
zero when a new entry has to be made. Henceforth, in the Unix file
system the inode count starts at one (1) and NOT zero (0)
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Dipto Chakravarty
Department of Computer Science
University of Maryland at Baltimore County