Fundamentals of file systems

Overview

Teaching: 20 min
Exercises: 10 min

Questions

• What is a filesystem?

• What is a file?

• How do we tell the type of a file?

Objectives

• Explain the basics of filesystems

• Explain what a file is

Introduction: What is a file system?

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What is a file?

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Key Points

• Filesystems vary across computer systems

• File types are not always obvious