The Filing System

  • A. M. Lister

Abstract

It was mentioned in chapter 2 that the facility for long-term storage is a desirable characteristic of an operating system. The motivation for long-term storage varies according to the nature of the system, but generally derives from consideration of one or both of the following benefits.

Keywords

Filing System Access Privilege Secondary Memory Directory Entry File Descriptor 
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Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

Authors and Affiliations

  • A. M. Lister
    • 1
  1. 1.University of QueenslandAustralia

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