inodes , ext3

I wanted to index files partly based on inodes. I wanted to store metadata on files. Why work with inodes?

• While users play with filenames, the system doesnt care about names. The inode is the most important thing.
• if you rename a file, the inode stays the same.
• No matter where you 'move' the file, the inode stays the same.
• The inode table is recorded on that filesystem, on that volume. Inode stays the same on mount, umount.. on any machine that reads ext3.

Possible problems.

Copying a file loses all sense to the system. That is , a copy of a file is to the system - a completely different data collection- however to the user it is the same.

Jane copies 'family fotos' from disk a to disk b- In Jane's mind, these are the same. In the computer's mind, these might as well be jane's photos and the blue prints to the whitehouse. How do we keep metadata associated?