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* There are some data about files, such as their size, ownership, permissions, timestamp etc. |
* There are some data about files, such as their size, ownership, permissions, timestamp etc. |
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* This meta-data about a file is managed with a data structure known as an inode (index node). |
* This meta-data about a file is managed with a data structure known as an inode (index node). |
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* There is no entry for file name in the Inode, file name is kept as a separate entry parallel to Inode number. |
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* This is for maintaining hard-links to files. |
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* Copy file: cp allocates a free inode number and placing a new entry in inode table. |
* Copy file: cp allocates a free inode number and placing a new entry in inode table. |
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