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Subject: unlink by inodes?
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 22:12:16 -0500 (EST)
From: reichert@internet.com (Brian Reichert)
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Howdy, folks -

Is there a way of unlinking a file, given it's _inode_ ?  I was
exploring news expiration alternatives, and was wondering how to
avoid the overhead of path -> inode lookup...