man fstat
struct stat
{
dev_t st_dev; /* device */
ino_t st_ino; /* inode */
mode_t st_mode; /* protection */
nlink_t st_nlink; /* number of hard links */
uid_t st_uid; /* user ID of owner */
gid_t st_gid; /* group ID of owner */
dev_t st_rdev; /* device type (if inode
device) */
off_t st_size; /* total size, in bytes */
unsigned long st_blksize; /* blocksize for
filesystem I/O */
unsigned long st_blocks; /* number of blocks
allocated */
time_t st_atime; /* time of last access */
time_t st_mtime; /* time of last
modification */
time_t st_ctime; /* time of last change */
};
In particular, element st_size.
There is no EOF character stored in the file, that went out of style
with CP/M. Although DOS/WinXX still support EOF characters, that
doesn't change the validity of my assertion.
If you are trying to find the file size of a raw disk partition that
has been formatted ext2 without using the linux file system resources
(i.e. fstat()), that is a pretty significant undertaking and you will
just have read and understand the ext2 sources. You are not likely to
get much help or sympathy from this list.
gvb
At 02:42 AM 3/21/01 +0000, shalini jain wrote:
hello list,
can someone suggest the way to find the file size in ext2fs ?(provided
the no. of blocks are known)
is there any EOF char in ext2fs files ? if yes. what is it ? is there
any other way of knowing the file size than to count up to EOF ???
if possible, please reply in a bit detail.
thanx,
Shalini
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