>  > Given the way that (the only file handles I've looked at in detail)
>  > were generated, you would be better picking out the 32 bits that
>  > are the inode number on the target filesystem.
> 
> This doesn't work so well for an NFS client; the file handles are supposed
> to be opaque to the client.

But there is no reason why it shouldn't optimise for what it expects to
see most often....

    David