Chapter 4 Study Guide

Understand and Create linked files

What is a linked file? A link is a way of matching two or more file names to the same set of file data.

How many ways can a file be linked? 2 ways

What are they? A symbolic link, or symlic and A hard link.

How are files stored on a file system?

The structural level of a filesystem has three main sections: The superblock, The inode table and data blocks

Superblock : Is the section that contains information about the filesystem. Filesystem Type, Size, status, number of inodes.

Inodes Table: The collection of inodes (The portion of a file that stores information on the file’s attributes, access permissions, location, ownership and file type. Each inode contains a unique inode number for identificattion) for all files and directories on a filesystem. Each file in the Linux system gets its own inode.

Data Blocks: The data that makes up the content of the file as well as the filename. Blocks are also know as allocation units.