Re: [fuse-devel] flag_nullpath_ok

[John M. <mu...@no...>]

On 17-Aug-09, at 3:43 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:

> Is a null-path only used under special circumstances? I had hoped I
> could insert an 'assert path == NULL' into all my functions, so that  
> the
> code makes clear that file system entries are exclusively identified  
> by
> their inode.
>
>
You should use the low-level interface (fuse_lowlevel.h), which  
mirrors the VFS interface much more closely. All operations are based  
on inode number, or parent inode number + file name, and you never get  
a full path.

Regards,

John.