The Linux Filesystem
Linux file system is developed in such a way that simplifies storing, retrieving and managing files. Linux file system is generally built-in layer of a Linux operating system used to handle the data management of the storage. It helps to arrange the file on the disk storage. It manages the file name, file size, creation data, and much more information about a file. Linux file system has a hierarchal file structure as it contains a root directory and its subdirectories. Linux file system contains two-part file system software implementation architecture. The file system requires an API (Application programming interface) to access the function calls to interact with file system components like files and directories. API facilitates task such as creating, deleting and copying the files. It facilitates an algorithms that defines the arrangements of files on a file systems. In Linux, the file system creates a tree structure. The top most directory called the ro...