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Old 07-12-2006
difference between ExtX and UFS

hello all,
i want to know the major differences between the unix filesystem and the linux ext filesystem i.e the datastructure or additional attributes that makes up the major difference.
i would also like to know what operating systems currently use ufs1 and ufs2.
help me
thanx in advance
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dcfs(7FS)							   File Systems 							 dcfs(7FS)

NAME
dcfs - Compression file system SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/filio.h> #include <sys/fs/decomp.h> DESCRIPTION
The dcfs filesystem is a layered filesystem that you use to compress data when writing to a file and decompress upon read. The primary function of the dcfs filesystem is to compress individual files when constructing a boot archive and when reading or booting from the ar- chive. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------------------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE | |Interface Stability Uncommitted | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
boot(1M), bootadm(1M), fiocompress(1M), attributes(5), ufs(7FS) NOTES
The dcfs compression/decompression file system works only with UFS. SunOS 5.11 28 Nov 2007 dcfs(7FS)