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Linux File System

The Linux file system provides a single view of files regardless of their actual storage format, allowing Linux applications to read and write files like DOS files. It sees files as named byte streams fragmented into blocks according to the file system. The virtual file system (VFS) acts as an interface between user programs and various file system translators, supporting different file systems like MS-DOS, MINIX, and Ext2.

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Linux File System

The Linux file system provides a single view of files regardless of their actual storage format, allowing Linux applications to read and write files like DOS files. It sees files as named byte streams fragmented into blocks according to the file system. The virtual file system (VFS) acts as an interface between user programs and various file system translators, supporting different file systems like MS-DOS, MINIX, and Ext2.

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Linux File System

Nutt, p. 40
Linux File Manager
• Linux file mgr defines a single internal view of
files, regardless of the real (“external”) format of
the files on storage device.
• So a disk containing a DOS file (for example) can
be read & rewritten by a Linux application via the
Linux file mgr.
• Linux sees a file as a named byte stream,
fragmented into blocks and stored according to the
file system.
Linux Uses Virtual File System
Switch

VFS provides canonical file mgmt API (Appl. Progr. Interface) to user-
space programs and establishes an internal interface used by various file
system translators that support files for MS-DOS, MINIX, Ext2, etc.
Kernel File Tables

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