ITE 221 - Fall 2012 - Chapter 12

PURPOSE:

The chapter describes the components and functions of a file management system. It compares the logical and physical organization of files and directories. It explains how secondary storage locations are allocated to files and describes the data structures used to record those allocations. Security, backup, recovery and fault tolerance methods and procedures are covered.

ITE 221 – Chapter 12 Blog – Gabor

 

The Difference between Linux and Windows Files

 

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-linux-files-the-differences-between-linux-and-windows-files/5033390

 

Both Windows and Linux have file management systems.  They differentiate in how they deal with files.

 

One area they differentiate is with they way they handle hidden files.  In Linux, hidden files are always preceeded by a period.  i.e. “.home”. In Windows, in order to give hidden attributes to a file, a user will right-click on the file name and select the Hidden check box. When a user refreshes the directory listings the file will not appear.  How do you get it back?

 

File extensions is another area of differentation.  In Windows, file extensions are what tells the OS which program to use to open the file.  Linux does not use file extensions. With Linux, a user can create a text file named try.doc file and a text file named try and both will open in a word processing program and their will be no differences between the context of both files.