--- /dev/null
+// +build freebsd
+
+package initwd
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "os"
+ "syscall"
+)
+
+// lookup the inode of a file on posix systems
+func inode(path string) (uint64, error) {
+ stat, err := os.Stat(path)
+ if err != nil {
+ return 0, err
+ }
+ if st, ok := stat.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t); ok {
+ return uint64(st.Ino), nil
+ }
+ return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not determine file inode")
+}