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Everything about Unix filesystem
Directory structure used by a Unix-like operating system
In Unix and operating systems inspired by it, the file system is considered a central component of the operating system. It was also one of the first parts of the system to be designed and implemented by Ken Thompson in the first experimental version of Unix, dated 1969. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Unix filesystemA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Modern Operating SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Unix Filesystem SecurityCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Filesystem Hierarchy StandardA closely related topic
- Go sideways: FsckA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989
HadoopTom White, Tom White · 2009
Linux System ProgrammingRobert Love · 2007
UNIX filesystemsSteve D. Pate · 2003
Linux Programming by ExampleArnold Robbins · 2004
Essential Windows NT System AdministrationÆleen Frisch · 1998
The Linux(R) Kernel PrimerClaudia Salzberg Rodriguez, Gordon Fischer · 2005
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