operating systems i chapter 10 - wright state.pptVIP

Chapter 10: File-System Interface What is a file-system? An abstract representation of physical devices capable of storing and retrieving binary information (files) consists of partitions (volumes (NT), minidisks, etc), directories, and files “virtual” file-systems may be smaller or greater in size then the physical devices used to store the information What is a file? A file is an abstract data type, defined by the operations that can be performed on them A named collection of related information recorded on a secondary storage (non-volatile) device Uniform logical view of information storag