Re: About File systems magic numbers

2018-01-18 Thread inventsekar
Thanks Manish, Jim.. Thanks Valdis, .. learnt good deal. I will check further regarding the file example and revert back if further queries. Thanks again. Best regards Sekar On Jan 18, 2018 2:38 AM, wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:35:13 +0530, inventsekar said: > > >

Re: About File systems magic numbers

2018-01-17 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:35:13 +0530, inventsekar said: > On the header file, it defines the fs magic number as > #define UX_MAGIC 0x58494e55 > > 1. which means, will it assign this magic number to ALL files created on > this sample fs? That can't be so. Otherwise, why we need to define a magic >

Re: About File systems magic numbers

2018-01-17 Thread Jim Davis
n Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:05 AM, inventsekar wrote: > Hi All, i have been reading > Unix filesystem - evolution, design and implementation by Steve D. Pate > > and it provides a simple file system source code for learning and playing > with. > On the header file, it defines

Re: About File systems magic numbers

2018-01-17 Thread Manish Katiyar
On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 8:05 AM, inventsekar wrote: > Hi All, i have been reading > Unix filesystem - evolution, design and implementation by Steve D. Pate > > and it provides a simple file system source code for learning and playing > with. > On the header file, it

About File systems magic numbers

2018-01-17 Thread inventsekar
Hi All, i have been reading Unix filesystem - evolution, design and implementation by Steve D. Pate and it provides a simple file system source code for learning and playing with. On the header file, it defines the fs magic number as #define UX_MAGIC 0x58494e55 1. which means, will it assign