Chapter 10
The Linux File System
This chapterâs learning objectives are
- To understand the types of objects that Linux treats as files and how they differ
- To understand the role of the inode
- To be able to utilize Linux file system commands of badblocks, cpio, df, du, dump, mkfifo, mount, stat, umount, and tar
- To understand common partitions in Linux, the role of the files /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab and the meaning of the term âfile systemâ
- To be able to establish disk quotas
- To understand the role of the top-level Linux directories
10.1 Introduction
In Chapter 3, we viewed the Linux file system from a userâs perspective. Here, we examine the Linux file system from a system administration point of view. For a single user of a standalone ...
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