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Inode

An inode (index node) is a data structure in a Unix-style file system that describes a file-system object such as a file or a directory. Each inode stores the attributes and disk block locations of the object's data. File-system object attributes may include metadata (times of last change, access, modification), as well as owner and permission data.

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POSIX inode description

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Inode

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples68
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

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Inode

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related to In non-Unix systems · 12
Inode → API, B-tree, Cluster Shared Volumes, Each, FAT, GetFileInformationByHandle API, ID, MFT, NTFS, POSIX, ReFS, The
related to Etymology · 8
Inode → Dennis Ritchie, In, Ken Thompson, Linux, Ritchie, There, They, Unix
related to POSIX inode description · 7
Inode → An, ID, POSIX, That, The POSIX, UNIX, Within
related to inode number conversion and file directory path retrieval · 6
Inode → As, At, Because, Beginning, It, When
related to External links · 5
Inode → Anatomy, Hardlinks, Inodes, Linux File SystemInode, Symlinks
related to Inlining · 5
Inode → For, If, It, The, This
related to Potential for inode exhaustion and solutions · 4
Inode → Dynamic, Other, This, When
related to Details · 3
Inode → Each, Inodes, The
related to Multi-named files and hard links · 3
Inode → Files, If, This
related to inode number stability and non-Unix file systems · 2
Inode → This, When

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file system directory number data systems files inodes access entry links id index hard metadata used file's structure disk library

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a file or a directoryinstance ofis a data structure in a Unix-style file system that describes a file-system object0.80text
JFSinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
XFSinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
ZFSinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
OpenZFSinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
ReiserFSinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
btrfsinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
and APFS omit a fixed-size inode tableinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
but must store equivalent data in order to provide equivalent capabilitiesinstance ofA typical allocation heuristic for inodes in a file system is one inode for every 2K bytes contained in the filesystem.Some Unix-style file systems0.80text
Inoderelated to DetailsThe0.60section
Inoderelated to DetailsEach0.60section
Inoderelated to DetailsInodes0.60section

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