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Explain the unix file system?

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July 23, 2005 08:22:08

adarsh

RE: Explain the unix file system?

Basically there are 4 diiferent types of file systems in unix they are as follows
1.Device file
2.Directory fil.
3.FIFO
4.Regular file

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June 02, 2006 02:30:39

Navneet Kumar

RE: Explain the unix file system.

Unix:-There are two file system t.e exe1 exe2

Solaris:-Three types file system

a)Disk base file system

ufs(unix file system) HSFS(High sierra file system) PCFS UFS(Universal file system)

b)NFS(Network file system)

c)Pseduo or vartual file system

Saapfs tmpfs procfs etc

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August 26, 2007 09:33:24

Chandan Kumar

Explain the unix file system?

There are three file system in UNIX as below:-
1. Ordinary File System: contains only data
2. Directory File System: contains other files and directories
3. Device File System: represents all hardware devices.

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May 05, 2008 23:29:18

mkannanmca86

Member Since: April 2008 Contribution: 5

RE: Explain the unix file system?

A file system is a collection on BOOT BLOCK SUPER BLOCK I-LIST and DIRECTORY AND DATA BLOCK. Every directory have a pointer to a i-node(Information node) number and the directory name. Every i-node have the details about the file not the data. That is i-node contains file name date of creation permission bit etc and a pointer to the data block. (I-LIST contains the collection of i-nodes).

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