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Concepts

file sizes (logical versus blocks consumed)
mounting a fs
- changes in filesystem hierarchy
- concept of a "root" filesystem
- privileges required
loopback mounts and files
holes in files
stat on files

Sample Questions

If a program "seek"'s on a zero length file to position 100,000 and then writes one byte, what would you expect the file's logical length to be? What about its physical size (space consumed on disk)?

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	*		* If a program "seek"'s on a zero length file to position 100,000 and then writes one byte, what would you expect the file's logical length to be? What about its physical size (space consumed on disk)?