Chapter 11. File Systems


A file system is an operating system component that provides an abstract view of data on a storage device. At the user-visible level, a file system's contents are usually organized hierarchically into files and directories (or folderswe will use the terms directory and folder synonymously in this chapter and the next). A file system's storage device is often persistent, but it is possibleand usefulto have file systems on nonpersistent devices such as physical memory.




Mac OS X Internals. A Systems Approach
Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach
ISBN: 0321278542
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 161
Authors: Amit Singh

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