A file system is the specification of how files in a computer should be stored, named and organized. This tag should be used for generic file system questions. For specific file system questions (FAT, NTFS, ext4, ...) use the appropriate tag instead.
2
votes
4answers
166 views
Correcting tree from messed up file tree in NTFS partition
It's a real messed situation, but I'm quite at the end of my options.
It's my personal hardrive, so it's very important for me, and yes, I have no backup =(
The short story:
1) I have two discs. ...
3
votes
2answers
163 views
custom filesystem with fancy readdir or bash completion behaviour
Ok. After trying to formulate this question a couple of times, it turns out that this will be a long one. Anywho:
Consider this file structure:
photos/
ants/
pic1.jpg
animals/
dog.png
...
0
votes
1answer
24 views
When will the modified time of folder be changed？
When will the modified time of folder be changed, on both of windows and linux?
I know the modified time changed when its inode is changed. But when will the inode of folder be changed?
1
vote
1answer
1k views
External hard drive FAT32 to NTFS conversion fails
I'm trying to convert the FAT32 file system of an external hard drive to NTFS. Here's what happened:
C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk G:
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume PIETEREXT created ...
2
votes
3answers
416 views
How to find duplicate files i.e. with same name that exist in same parent directory?
I am doing clean up in my project. There are some modules in project which are being renamed or newly created or copied directly. In that process I have directly made copied renamed directory or ...
0
votes
1answer
270 views
Watch Filesystem recursively and execute script when file is added in Ubuntu?
this problem is really driving me crazy.
My situation is that I'm having a big directory on my ubuntu server with about 150 subfolders I need to watch. Those subfolders mainly contain PDF files where ...
1
vote
1answer
39 views
how could you create a transparent user filesystem
I would like to know how you could create a root filesystem on a rom image but have it transparently linked to a users home folder.
I wish to create a symbolic link to usr/bin within the users home ...
0
votes
2answers
148 views
Why doesn't Ext4 cache directory size?
Once again I'm cleaning up my desktop because I'm running out of HDD space and everytime I call 'du -sh ~', it takes a really long time to calculate the current size of the directory. From my ...
1
vote
4answers
449 views
How to cleanup tmp folder safely on Linux
I use RAM for my tmpfs /tmp, 2GB, to be exact. Normally, this is enough but sometimes, processes create files in there and fail to cleanup after themselves. This can happen if they crash. I need to ...
0
votes
2answers
49 views
Creating Mountable Image of a Partition?
I'm after a way to do a quick dump of a users HDD (typically NTFS, but sometimes HFS) on to an external drive or a network location, that saves an image of the contents of the drive so I can pick ...
1
vote
1answer
274 views
What does a base Windows 7 root file system look like?
What directories and files should I see in the root (C:) of a fresh Windows 7 Professional 64-bit installation (including hidden files and directories)?
0
votes
2answers
272 views
Average file size statistics
Is there any way to calculate, and breakdown, average file sizes for a given directory (or drive)?
Something that can give details such as:|
Files of 4KB - 22KB: account to 20% of all files
Files ...
2
votes
2answers
338 views
How can I flatten out a folder in Windows 7, assuming all file names are different?
For example, say that I have the following folder hierarchy:
Folder1
File1
Folder2
File2
Folder3
File3
Folder4
File4
I want to perform some command that results ...
4
votes
3answers
2k views
Is Windows 8 able to read partitions formatted with the ReFS filesystem?
Does Windows 8 read ReFS? Is there a patch available or plans to add support?
My question is motivated by my desire to switch to ReFS due to the better benchmarks but I am hesitant as it may render ...
1
vote
2answers
2k views
mount gives unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf'
I'm getting an error message mount: unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf' when trying to mount a shared folder on my guest Ubuntu machine.
I have a Windows 7 machine running 4.1.22V Oracle VM VirtualBox. ...
5
votes
1answer
235 views
Filesystem for extremely small (8 KB) EEPROM
I need to manage 8 KB of space in an EEPROM. I need to store files in it : of course they'll be really small. Moreover, we don't wanna lose any datas already stored if the battery runs out or anything ...
0
votes
1answer
72 views
How to wipe a specific region of a hard drive partition?
I need to wipe (securely erase) a specific part (the last third) of a partition, wiping the whole partition free space is not an option (as other regions contain deleted data that must stay ...
3
votes
2answers
1k views
Can I use the new ReFS file system on Windows 8?
Windows Server 2012 comes with the new File System ReFS, which is Microsoft's upgrade to NTFS. Is there any way to use this for my Windows 8 partition?
2
votes
1answer
184 views
ZFS compressed and deduped filesystem on file
I can create squashed filesystems with mksquashfs in this way:
mksquashfs dir-1 dir-2 ... dir-n filesystem-on-file.squash -comp xz -Xbcj x86 -Xdict-size 1048576 -b 1024k
mksquashfs provides ...
2
votes
1answer
622 views
What is EXT4-fs error (device md0): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 10770, 0 clusters in bitmap, 32768?
On my Ubuntu Server 12.04 I got this errors (via dmesg):
[ 1104.544121] EXT4-fs error (device md0): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 10771, 0 clusters in bitmap, 32768 in gd
[ 1104.549227] EXT4-fs ...
0
votes
1answer
73 views
How do dynamic buffers reduce seek times?
From Wikipedia:
TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times.
I have no clue what that might mean. Which buffer is being dynamically adjusted? How does that reduce the seek ...
2
votes
1answer
161 views
Find file or directory by NTFS id
Say I receive the following output from chkdsk:
Deleted invalid filename Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (88216) in directory 403737.
Is there any way to find the name(s) of this directory ...
-1
votes
1answer
453 views
What Filesystem should be used for a 4TB drive for both Windows and OSX compatibility? [closed]
Note: I am aware of similar questions. The one's I seen here are for Windows, OSX, and Linux (which I do not need). I also can use Mountain Lion, which the other questions did not mention.
I was ...
1
vote
0answers
111 views
Error correction file system
I'm looking for a software solution for reliable data backup at home.
I'm not looking for an hardware solution, so I'm not looking for some home NAS with RAID support.
Instead, I would prefer some ...
0
votes
1answer
49 views
Reboot while repartitioning HDD left me with corrupt files
I'm trying to get used to the feeling that I might never be able to recover my lost files. Meanwhile, I'll try to explain the situation, hoping that someone might suggest a solution:
My HDD is made ...
1
vote
3answers
134 views
Does permission 777 allow scripts outside your server to write on it?
Let's say example1.com is located in US, and example2.com is located in EU.
example1.com/folder/ has 777 permission.
Will a script in example2.com be able to write on example1.com/folder/?
Or is ...
0
votes
1answer
111 views
Access cygwin filesystem from host windows?
When running cygwin, it has it's internal virtual filesystem mappings which are visible to linux programs (well, ports) running inside cygwin. Accessing the host windows filesystem from within cygwin ...
2
votes
1answer
97 views
How does the SpyEye trojan hide itself, and can it be done by modifying file system entries? [closed]
I've looked into the FAT file system, trying to find a way to make a directory hidden from view of the user.
This has been done with malware previously, so it should be possible. The SpyEye trojan ...
1
vote
2answers
565 views
How can I use the Btrfs compression option when installing Linux?
I've been trying out the Btrfs with an SSD drive and like the compress option which is set in the fstab.
However this only applies to the files created after I have installed the operating system and ...
1
vote
3answers
163 views
Transfer nearly an entire file system to a fresh install as smoothly as possible
I've got a friend who needs his computer working in just a few hours. His files are safe, however, he managed to corrupt his main install of Windows 7. My plan is to go in with a Linux disk, copy ...
2
votes
1answer
221 views
Distributed vs clustered vs networked file system
What is the differrence between a distributed file system, clustered file system and a network file system ?
1
vote
2answers
126 views
file system inconsistency- e2fsck exited with signal 7
After my system is rebooted uncleanly, I faced some file system inconsistency on my 4TB software raid 5 partition (/dev/md3). So I tried fsck -y -f -v /dev/md3 several times.
Unfortunately the ...
1
vote
1answer
134 views
Best way to export the full content of a HFS+ partition
My friends MacBook Pro (2008) completely died today. We removed the hard drive, and I'm currently dumping it's whole content into a tar archive with the help of a parted magic live CD, so that he can ...
1
vote
0answers
50 views
Linux mount part of filesystem as template
Here's what I'd like to do: I have some directories that I need to have separate copies of, but these directories are 2+ GB so simply copying the directory several times seems inefficient. 90% of ...
2
votes
1answer
126 views
Why does Windows lock when editing an open file, when Linux doesn't?
If I'm writing a LaTeX file in linux I can recompile and the changes just 'appear' on the open PDF. If I use a bash script to edit a .txt file, I get the option reload it.
Not so in windows, which ...
0
votes
1answer
162 views
How Much Space Do Empty Files Consume?
Windows reports both, empty files and folders, as taking up 0 bytes. Surely it takes something to store the file name, attributes, date [created/modified/accessed] etc.
How is this weighted?
2
votes
0answers
94 views
Sharing storage on Linux and Solaris
I'm looking for a solution in order to share a san mounted volume between several hosts running on Linux (RHEL) and/or Solaris (Sparc).
Note that I basically need to share a set of directories ...
2
votes
0answers
206 views
Folder doesn't show up in explorer, cmd, and python even though I can access it, how can I fix this?
I am accessing another computer on the network using a mapped network drive. The path looks like \\192.168.0.100\d$ which is mapped to my computer's "m" drive. I can access, view, create, delete, ...
0
votes
1answer
75 views
Can't create a file even if rights allow and I've relogged in
I try to create file in folder with group write access, user tomcat7 is in group. Why isn't it workin?
skr@konrad~/data/asu$ sudo -u tomcat7 sh
$ whoami
tomcat7
$ echo > ...
0
votes
1answer
82 views
Create a zip file that doesn't create a folder when opened, Mac OS X
I am wondering if there is any way of easily creating a zip file that contains a bunch of files. However, when I double-click to open this zip file, I do not want it to create a subdirectory with the ...
0
votes
1answer
118 views
Tool to help merge 50 folders with somewhat overlapping folders and files
I'm on windows 7, and with all the diff and folder merge tools I've seen, I don't think there's any tool that can do this: merge 50 folders that contain somewhat overlapping sub-folders and files, ...
1
vote
2answers
76 views
Data recovery solutions/methods
I accidentally formatted my hard disk, but I was able to see all my files and recover them by using the GetDataBack recovery tool.
Is there a way to just restore the complete hard drive in place, ...
2
votes
2answers
27 views
Does “…” have meaning as a relative pathname? (EDIT: No.)
1. Is there a relative pathname/directory/folder meaning for the expression "..."?
2. What does "..." refer to in the context cited?
I encountered the expression "..." when looking at the ...
2
votes
1answer
119 views
Is file creation durable on ext4?
On some filesystems, when creating a file, it is necessary to call fsync() not only on the file itself, but also on the parent directory, to make the file creation durable. Otherwise, the directory ...
0
votes
2answers
1k views
How long can file system writes be cached with ext4?
A while ago, there has been some discussion about ext4 potentially leaving empty files after an unclean unmount, summed up pretty well in this article. Basically, because of delayed allocation, writes ...
3
votes
3answers
293 views
Linux Filesystem which must not be unmounted
I've got a raspberry pi where I want to connect an external HDD.
Now I'm thinking which filesystem I will use. The problem is that the raspberry pi will be shut down from time to time without ...
0
votes
2answers
441 views
Why is the dir command not working?
I can see that the file is there and I can mount it with virtual clonedrive and play it with powerdvd:
But windows can't find the file:
C:\>dir dead*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume ...
1
vote
0answers
114 views
Which filesystems support hard links (rsync) to backup a Mac?
I want to make a rsync-style hard-link backup from Mac on an external hard drive, but I cannot decide for a file system. It should be (preferably natively) readable from other operating systems.
...
0
votes
1answer
127 views
Copy a single file from main directory recursively across all directories within
I'm on a dedicated server using CentOS, and on this server I have 5000+ directories in one main directory.
In the main directory I have an index.php. I would like to copy this index.php into all ...
1
vote
3answers
81 views
Are filesystem operations a function of the kernel? [closed]
I suppose the question would be OS specific, so I'll take the following scenarios:
Winodows (NTFS)
OSX (HFS)
Linux (ext2,ext3,ext4)
Each operating system has it's default filesystem it operates ...
