OSWeekly: Linux File System Implementation: Detailing Structures | Linux Today

OSWeekly: Linux File System Implementation: Detailing Structures

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 2, 2006

[ Thanks to Puru
Govind
for this link. ]

“In our last article, we discussed the registering process for
the file system and then mounting it accordingly. In this article,
however, we’ll discuss the two widely used structures (structures
as in C) in implementation of a file system. And then we will delve
on the operations on super block structure.

“The super block structure in Linux contains information about
the complete file system, such as block size, access rights, and
type of file system…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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