SGG 11 (02)

11.1 File Concept

  • What is a file?
  • What are some of the typical file attributes?
  • What is a directory?
  • What are some of the file information a directory would keep?
  • Name and explain the six common operations for a file.
  • Once a file is “open”, that is, ready for programs to access, the file system keeps track of a few pieces
    of information for each file. Name and explain the four pieces of information listed in the text.
  • What is the relation, if any, between these four pieces of information and the typical file information kept by a directory?
  • Unix/Linux view files as a stream of bytes. Explain how this concept (stream of bytes) can be used to describe various types of files such as text, executable (binary), image, and others.

11.2 Access Methods

  • Explain how sequential access works.
  • Explain how direct access works.
  • Try to explore the relation, if any, between direct access file and the Linux view of stream file.
  • We also talked about random access method. Explore the relation between random access and direct access files.

11.3 Directory and Disk Structure

  • Explain general structure of a directory system.
  • What kinds of information does a directory contain?
  • If we view directory as a tree, the files are the leaf nodes, and the sub-directories are interior nodes. Explain the differences between an acyclic and cyclic directory system?

  • How do we traverse a directory system?

11.6 Protection

  • The textbook listed six types of common accesses to a file. Explain the meaning of each.
  • Explain the concepts of owner, group, and the universe in the file protection context.
  • How does file protection work in Linux?
  • How to set a file in Linux to be readable, writable, and executable by the owner only? By the group and owner? By the owner, group, and the universe?

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