Re: [expert] Inodes...

2000-07-17 Thread Ellick Chan
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:34:40 -0400 > From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Expert Linux List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [expert] Inodes... > > I wonder if someone could tell me what they are. This m

Re: [expert] Inodes...

2000-07-17 Thread Scott D. Boyd
Inodes are data structures that define a file's existance. An inode contains information on the file's length, access, inode-change and data-modification times, owner and group id's, access privileges, number of links, and pointers to data blocks that contain the file itself, but they do not conta

[expert] Inodes...

2000-07-17 Thread Mark Weaver
I wonder if someone could tell me what they are. This may sound a little silly, but it's something that's been on my mind the last couple of days. It strikes me that they might be the Linux equivalant of an MS cluster. Is that right? -- Mark I love my Linux box... REASON #1 -- ...it isn't