December 2018
Beginner
452 pages
12h 17m
English
Content preview from Learn Linux Shell Scripting - Fundamentals of Bash 4.4
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What makes the Linux filesystem unique?
As should be clear by now, in reality, there is no such thing as the Linux filesystem. However, these filesystems share certain characteristics that make them viable as Linux filesystems.
A Linux filesystem adheres to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS). This FHS is maintained by The Linux Foundation and is currently up to version 3.0. As with many things in the Linux ecosystem, it is based on a Unix predecessor: the Unix Filesystem Standard (UFS). It specifies the directory structure and its contents. We'll explore this structure together in the next part of this chapter.
Since Linux is most commonly used in servers, Linux filesystem implementations (often) have very advanced features on the topic ...