DR NISHANT JAIN
MITS-DU GWALIOR
, Dr Nishant Jain MITS DU Gwalior
FILE-SYSTEM INTERFACE
• File Concept
• Access Methods
• Directory Structure
• File-System Mounting
• File Sharing
• Protection
,Dr Nishant Jain MITS DU Gwalior
OBJECTIVES
• To explain the function of file systems
• To describe the interfaces to file systems
• To discuss file-system design tradeoffs,
including access methods, file sharing, file
locking, and directory structures
• To explore file-system protection
, Dr Nishant Jain MITS DU Gwalior
FILE CONCEPT
• Contiguous logical address space
• Types:
• Data
• numeric
• character
• binary
• Program