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* Inode is entry in inode table containing metadata about a regular file and directory. |
* Inode is entry in inode table containing metadata about a regular file and directory. |
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* An inode is a data structure on a traditional Unix-style file system such as ext3 or ext4. |
* An inode is a data structure on a traditional Unix-style file system such as ext3 or ext4. |
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* Stores all the information about a file except its name and its actual data. |
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* Linux extended filesystems such as ext2 or ext3 maintain an array of these inodes: the inode table. |
* Linux extended filesystems such as ext2 or ext3 maintain an array of these inodes: the inode table. |
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* This table contains list of all files in that filesystem. |
* This table contains list of all files in that filesystem. |