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unix Inodes
Name: New Guy Date: January 17, 2003 at 07:31:13 Pacific OS: win 2000 CPU/Ram: p4 128
Comment:
What is an inode and what is the role of the inode in file operation? Im just learning 6 days so far!!!
Name: Lepper-Messiah Date: January 17, 2003 at 18:46:47 Pacific
Reply:
An inode is a record where most information about a specific file is saved. It contains the user's id and group, the number of links, and the type of file (regular file, directory, symbolic link, character device, block device, or socket). It also has pointers to the file's data enabling file's data to be accessed faster by keeping the inode in the memory.
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