Principles of Operating Systems, CIS332, Fall 1996, Professor Franz Kurfess, Term Project

Unix File System

by Sheryl Chuang

Introduction

Files

Directories

1. Directory Structure
2. File Names and Paths
3. Extensions and Suffixes
4. System Directory Structure

Working with File Structure

1. Changing Directories/Keeping Track of Directories
2. Directory Listings
3. Moving and Removing Files
4. File Access Permissions/Changing Permissions

Physical File Structure

1. Inodes and File Subsystem
2. Superblocks
3. Network File System
4. File System
5. Pipes

Mounting and Unmounting File Systems

1. Mount
2. Unmount

References