indirect blocks

[Eric Sandeen]

David Schwartz wrote:
>> what are indirects blocks? LIke double indirect triple indirect?
> 
> Indirect blocks are blocks that point to (contain the address of) other
> blocks (which hold data). Double indirect blocks point to indirect blocks.
> Triple indirect blocks point to double indirect blocks.

And there's a nice picture at
http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/ext2intro.html

-Eric