- Inode: The inode is a data structure in a Unix-style file system which describes a filesystem object such as a file or a directory. Each inode stores the attributes and disk block location(s) of the object’s data.
- POSIX Standard requires the file descriptor/Inode to provide the folowing
- File type
- Number of hard links associated with file
- Length in bytes
- Device ID
- Inode number that identifies file in system
- UID
- Group ID
- Timestamps (last access/modified)
- Access rights
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