Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

In the Linux environment, the file system acts as a backbone, orchestrating the systematic storage and retrieval of data. It is a hierarchical structure that outlines how data is organized, stored, ...

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df command ...

Linux server admins must think carefully about which file system to choose -- XFS or ext4 -- based on each device's role and storage requirements. Desktop deployment and support personnel may find a ...

A curated, searchable index of hands-on CTF labs covering Linux fundamentals, file system forensics, privilege escalation to root, secure shell scripting, network troubleshooting, firewall policies, ...

Hi all, I spent last week analyzing a client's corrupted ext3 image to see if I could determine what had gone wrong and caused the filesystem to blow apart. As best as I could tell, a data block got ...

The file structure is placed into the file descriptor table for the process. Reading, writing and closing files (and other assorted VFS operations) is done by using the userspace file descriptor to ...