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Unix Unit 3

The document discusses various Unix system calls related to file systems including open, read, write, file locking, changing file position, close, file creation, changing directories, changing file ownership and permissions, pipes, duplication of file descriptors, mounting and unmounting file systems, linking and unlinking files. It provides details on these system calls and related algorithms from pages 105-159 of the specified textbook.

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Unix Unit 3

The document discusses various Unix system calls related to file systems including open, read, write, file locking, changing file position, close, file creation, changing directories, changing file ownership and permissions, pipes, duplication of file descriptors, mounting and unmounting file systems, linking and unlinking files. It provides details on these system calls and related algorithms from pages 105-159 of the specified textbook.

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Unit 3

In "The Design of the Unix Operating System" book-


SYSTEM CALLS FOR THE FILE SYSTEM - Chap 5 in text book - Pg 105- Pg 159

** File System Calls and Algorithms- Figure 5.1 - Pg 106

- Open- Pg 106- Pg 110

- Read- Pg 110- Pg 115

- Write- Pg 115- Pg 117

- File and Record Locking- Pg 117

- Adjusting the Position of File I/O- lseek- Pg 117

- Close- Pg 117 - Pg 119

- File Creation- Pg 119 - Pg 121

- Creation of Special Files- Pg 121 - Pg 123

- Changing Directory and Change Root- Pg 123 - Pg 124

- Change Owner and Change Mode- Pg 124

- stat and fstat- Pg 124 - Pg 125

- Pipes- Pg 125 - Pg 131


(Sub topics: The Pipe System Call- Pg 126, Opening a Named Pipe- 127, Reading and
Writing Pipes- 127, Closing Pipes- 129, Examples- 130)

- dup- Pg 131 - Pg 133

- Mounting And Unmounting File Systems- Pg 133 - Pg 142


(Sub topics: Crossing Mount Points in File Path Name- Pg 136, Unmounting a File
System- Pg 140)

- link- Pg 142 - Pg 146

- unlink- Pg 146 - Pg 151


(Sub topics: File System Consistency- Pg 147, Race Conditions- Pg 149)

- EXERCISES- Pg 154- 159

--
Solve below from syllabus- (if required)
o How does the command mkdir work? (Hint: When mkdir completes, what are the inode
numbers for “.” and “..”?)
o Simulate the function of chown, chmod, stat and fstat
o Set the whole-file lock with fcntl() and lockf()
o Write a program to print the mount table whenever an external device is connected
to the Unix system.

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