Filesystems

With filesystems, we have folders, access control, and named files. Without them, we wouldn’t know where anything was stored, where things start or end, or any external information. Learn about default filesystems, essential filesystem management, and the next generation of filesystems.

>> Quotas and Setting Limits on Directory Sizes

>> How to Check Unallocated Free Space of a Hard Disk in Linux

>> Linux Equivalent to C:\Program Files in Windows

>> How to Use OverlayFS?

>> How to Burn a CD or DVD ISO in the Linux Terminal

>> Format a USB Drive in Linux

>> How Does Linux Know Where rootfs Is?

>> Mount Filesystems Within a Docker Container

>> How to Delete Non-empty Directories Using the find -delete Command

>> Purpose of the seek Option in the dd Command

>> The sync Command

>> How to Create Bootable Flash for the EFI Shell

>> Understanding the dm-0 Device in Linux

>> Check Permissions of a Mounted Filesystem in Shell

>> Why Is It Not Recommended to Put the Boot Partition on LVM

>> How Many Partitions Are Supported in Linux?

>> Running fsck on a Mounted Partition

>> Quickly Formatting an ext4 Filesystem

>> Getting Information About Currently Unmounted Drives

>> How to Use Google Drive in Linux

>> Passing Binary Data to Applications Like curl Without Using a File

>> How to Exclude Filesystems When Using find

>> Change the Default /tmp Directory to a User-Defined Path

>> Owner of a Mounted Partition

>> Why Are Hard Links Not Allowed for Directories?

>> How to Unlock /var/lib/dpkg/ Directory?

>> Does initramfs Use /etc/fstab?

>> Mounting APFS Partition on Linux

>> What’s the Difference Between fdisk and parted

>> How to Unmount a Formerly Chroot’d Filesystem

>> Mirroring With wget and Avoiding Parent Directories

>> Create a File Image Container or Filesystem in a File

>> Conversion of a Disk from MBR to GPT with UEFI

>> Moving Files to Directories Based on the Extension

>> How to Combine Two Logical Volumes on a Single Physical Volume With LVM

>> How to Configure File System Caching in Linux

>> What Mount Points Exist on a Typical Linux System

>> How to Display df Lines Based on Filesystem Usage Criteria

>> Understanding SSHFS

>> Parallel Archiving Files in Linux

>> What Is Rootfs?

>> Mount Files Systems Without Root Privileges

>> How Is ZFS Different From XFS

>> How to Detect RAID Information in Linux

>> LVM Dangers and Caveats

>> Understanding the /etc/mtab File

>> Search for Class Files in Multiple JAR Files in Linux

>> How to Delete Files With Names That Contain Non-printable Characters

>> Find Out Which Partition a File or Directory Is Located On

>> How Is /dev/vda Different From /dev/sda?

>> Configuration of Temporary Files with systemd-tmpfiles

>> Add a Volume to an Existing Docker Container

>> Invalid Paths and How to cd Into a Directory Without Having Permission

>> Force a CIFS Connection to Unmount

>> ulimit and the Difference Between Soft Limit and Hard Limit

>> How to Find the File System Type in Linux

>> Is the /boot Partition Always Necessary?

>> Linux Filesystem Guide

>> Analyze Disk Usage of a Docker Container

>> How to Change HDD State From Read-Only After Temporary Crash in Linux

>> Allow Users in fstab File to Read and Write to a Partition

>> How to Resize and Move Partitions in Linux

>> How to Extend Logical and Extended Partitions With fdisk

>> Clone Only the Space In-Use from a Disk

>> Mounting MTP Devices on Linux

>> Guide to Virtual Disk Images

>> Where Do Files Go When the rm Command Is Issued?

>> List the Open File Descriptors in the Current Bash Session

>> Quickly Create a Large File on a Linux System

>> How to Obtain Basic Information About System and Disk Partitions?

>> Clone File System Hierarchy to Another Disk With Rsync

>> Cannot Write to Directory Despite Having Group Permission in Linux

>> What Is “rc” and What Are “rc” Files?

>> Freeing Inode Usage

>> Counting Hard Links Towards File Size With the du Command

>> Set Default Permission for New Files and Subdirectories

>> Recover Lost and Deleted Data in Linux

>> Find All Storage Devices Attached to a Linux Machine

>> Checking a File’s Age and Modification Time

>> The lost+found Directory in Linux and UNIX

>> Linux inodes

>> What’s the Difference Between initrd and initramfs?

>> What Is Double Dot (..) And Single Dot (.) In Linux?

>> How to List Last Five Modified Files in Linux

>> Understanding the /dev Directory in Linux

>> How to Encrypt a Partition in Linux

>> Adding a Disk in LVM

>> An Introduction to RAID in Linux

>> Solving the “Too many levels of symbolic links” Error

>> Meaning of Tilde in Linux Bash

>> Guide to Linux Filesystems

>> Understanding Stale File Handles in Linux

>> How to Find All Links for a Specific File

>> What Happens to Open File Handle if File Is Moved or Deleted

>> How to Copy a Directory to an Existing Directory in Linux

>> How to Remove Symbolic Links

>> Find the Total Size of All Files in a Directory

>> How to Create Soft Links to Directories

>> Copy Directory Structure Without Files

>> Copy and Create Destination Directory if It Does Not Exist

>> How to Calculate Optimal Blocksize to Use With dd

>> What Does cd – Do?

>> Check if Directory Is Mounted in Bash

>> Partitioning Disks in Linux

>> What does /opt mean in Linux?

>> Tracking Down Where Disk Space Has Gone on Linux

>> How Do so (Shared Object) Filenames Work?

>> Guide to Monitoring Disk Usage on Linux

>> How to Mount and Unmount Filesystems in Linux

>> Creating Symbolic and Hard Links with Linux Commands

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