In a journaling file system, changes to files and directories are first recorded in the journal. This journal acts as a buffer, ensuring that file system operations are either completed or undone in ...

Let's say I have a process which writes a chunk of data to a file (let's assume no userland buffering) closes it, and then exits. At what point am I guaranteed that another process opening the file ...

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Although it didn’t make the keynote cut, one of the bigger news items for developers today is that Apple is rolling out a new file system for storage for all its products: The Apple File System (APFS) ...

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According to Jason Wingate, the CEO of marketing firm Emerald Ocean Ltd. and a veteran of enterprise IT implementations, managing file system ACLs and permissions properly isn’t just about keeping ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...