hard link vs symbolic link.
#unix #filesystem
when the file gets overwritten, how different file systems handle that?
do they mark the old file as erased and create a new file or rather try to write the information to the same inodes? then what if there’s no space and the new file has bigger size? I guess it’s better to try to create a new file, in case of filesystems which avoid fragmentation.
in other words, is the probability to recover overwritten file smaller, than probability to recover erased file?
#filesystem #forensics #question #operating_systems #design
today I saw a directory with end of line in the name. when ls-d also the part of it were typed on the next line. (: I don’t know (only can guess) how this file appeared in this form.
Apparently Linux (and probably other Unix systems) allow usage of CR and/or LF in file names. if you manage to name a file like that.
#linux #unix #filesystem #file_system #name #filename #file_name #eol #end_of_line
