linux-kernel - Suggested new user link command

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Message-ID: <decdbe00-2292-3012-d7ae-6bfa382fc74a@tony.gen.nz>
Date:   Tue, 1 May 2018 20:03:35 +1200
From:   Tony Wallace <tony@...y.gen.nz>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Suggested new user link command

I am suggesting a new command for linking files.  Currently there is no
easy way to link a file with a known inode number to its correct
position in the directory tree.  

int ilink(const int inode, const char *newpath)

The current alternative to this command is to find the file path
associated with an inode using the find command and then once found
using a standard link command.  Obviously this is very inefficient.  I
am certainly willing to give a patch a go, but I would like approval in
principle first.

Tony Wallace