In a Unix-style file system, an index node, informally referred to as an inode, is a data structure used to represent a filesystem object, which can be one of various things including a file or a directory. Each inode stores the attributes and disk block location(s) of the filesystem object`s data. Filesystem object attributes may include manipul....
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The control structure for all files on UNIX operating systems. Inode stands for Index Node, and is the focus of all file activities in the UNIX filesystem. Each file has one inode that defines the file's type (regular, directory, device, and so forth), the location on disk, the size of the file, access permissions, access times, and so forth. Note ...
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