Managing the File System Flashcards
1
Q
df
A
Summarizes free and available space in all mounted storage devices.
2
Q
du
A
Displays disk usage information.
3
Q
fdformat
A
Formats a diskette.
4
Q
fdisk
A
Partitions a hard drive.
5
Q
fsck
A
Checks and repairs a file system.
6
Q
mkfs
A
Creates a new file system.
7
Q
mknod
A
Creates a device file.
8
Q
mkswap
A
Creates a swap space for Linux in a file or a hard drive partition.
9
Q
mount
A
Mounts a device (for example, the CD-ROM) on a directory in the file system.
10
Q
swapoff
A
Deactivates a swap space.
11
Q
swapon
A
Activates a swap space.
12
Q
sync
A
Writes buffered (saved in memory) data to files.
13
Q
tty
A
Displays the device name for the current terminal.
14
Q
umount
A
Unmounts a device from the file system.
