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Understanding File System
Can anybody provide me some good articles / links which will help me understand
linux file system internals?
I want to understand how a file when accessed from user mode through its file name resolves to particular memory location on memory.
Where does the super, dentry and inodes come into picture in this file name to memory accessing process?
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Old 07-17-2012
start here.
angelfire (hash)
myband (hash)
binusoman (hash)
Unix.html

(Stick forward hashes in there)

Also, do some general UNIX origins reading (Both Berkely and GE versions); understanding the why and how the Unix program/OS code was developed will give you true insight into the continued elegance and dynamic nature of the "perfect" OS! Smilie
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Originally Posted by scheerchrs
Also, do some general UNIX origins reading (Both Berkely and GE versions)
GE? I was not aware that they had anything to do with UNIX. I know they were involved with Multics, though.

Did you mean AT&T (Bell Laboratories)?

Regards,
Alister

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Originally Posted by rupeshkp728
Can anybody provide me some good articles / links which will help me understand
linux file system internals?
The linux kernel has filesystem related documentation in Documentation/filesystems. In that directory, vfs.txt talks about the primary filesystem interface.

If you're interested in kernel internals, while I have not read it myself, Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) by Robert Love is held in high esteem.

Regards,
Alister
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