Php linkinfo

PHP function linkinfo

This function returns hard link information.

Syntax linkinfo

hlink is a hard link file name.

linkinfo(hlink);

Note

linkinfo() returns the st_dev field of the Unix C stat structure returned by the lstat system call. Returns 0 or FALSE in case of error.

Example 1

<?php
  $target = "glob.php";
  $hlink ="glob23i.html";
  link($target, $hlink);

  echo linkinfo($hlink);
?>

Output

2049

Check result using stat command in linux

root@sophal-desktop:/home/sophal/testphp# stat glob23i.html
  File: `glob23i.html'
  Size: 44        	Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 801h/2049d	Inode: 213208      Links: 2
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/  sophal)   Gid: ( 1000/  sophal)
Access: 2012-06-10 14:15:55.000000000 -0400
Modify: 2012-06-10 14:15:53.000000000 -0400
Change: 2012-06-10 17:53:23.000000000 -0400

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