sec. 16 : linux Filesystems and the VFS

Question 1

the filesystem is the ______ _____ of your hard drive

Answer 1

street grid

Question 2

the filesystem is a map of addresses to where _____ is located on your drive

Answer 2

data

Question 3

the operation system uses the _________ to store date on the hard drive.

Answer 3

filesystem

Question 4

what command could I use to find the name of the current working directory?

Answer 4

pwd

Question 5

I can see a list of files and directories using what command ?

Answer 5

ls

Question 6

filesystems create a _____ _______ on a physical partition

Answer 6

usable format

Question 7

every path or node is under ______ in the filesystem tree q

Answer 7

root directory

Question 8

files and their names are an ……?

Answer 8

abstraction comaoflaging the physical I/O layer

Question 9

linux uses a virtual filesystem layer to ……?

Answer 9

communicate w/ the filesystem software

Question 10

applications read and write files rather than…..?

Answer 10

dealing w/ the physical location on the hardware

Question 11

multiple filesystems may be merged together into…..?

Answer 11

a single tree structure

Question 12

where do local filesystem usually reside?

Answer 12

in a disk partition

Question 13

a disk partition coud be …..?

Answer 13

1. a physical partition

or

2. a logical partition controlled by LVM

Question 14

an inode is a ______?

Answer 14

a data structure on a disk that describes and stores file attributes , including location

Question 15

filesystems can be also of a …..?

Answer 15

network nature

Question 16

every file is connected to a ….?

Answer 16

inode

Question 17

the info stored in an indoe inludes……? q

Answer 17

-permissions

user and group ownership

size

timie stamps

Question 18

are files names stored in the inode?

Answer 18

no

Question 19

where are files names stored ?

Answer 19

in the directory file

Question 20

If I have I/O output wrt a file usually it will also involve the file’s …….?

Answer 20

inode

Question 21

what are the two ways to associate a file name w/ an inode ?

Answer 21

1. hard link
2. soft link

Question 22

a directory file is used for what?

Answer 22

used to associate file names and inodes

Question 23

describe what a hard link is :

Answer 23

a hard link points to an inode

Question 24

hard link files must be ______?

Answer 24

must be in the same filesystem.

Question 25

If I change the content of a hard link in one place will it nessary change the content in the other locations ?

Answer 25

no

Question 26

describe what a soft link is :

Answer 26

soft links point to a file name which is connected to a file inode

Question 27

soft links files may be on …..?

Answer 27

different filesystems

Question 28

the name fo a file is just a property of its ….?

Answer 28

inode

Question 29

each association of a directory file contents and an inode is known as a ….?

Answer 29

link

Question 30

becuase it is possible for two or more directory entires to point to the same inode , a file can be known by ……?

Answer 30

multiple names