In computing, mount is a command in various operating systems. Before a user can access a file on a Unix-like machine, the file system on the device which...
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politician Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems...
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of media, as would be appropriate for removable media. Mount (Unix) "What is meant by mounting a drive?". Indiana University-University Information Technology...
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Unix (/ˈjuːnɪks/ , YOO-niks; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T...
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Fstab (category Unix file system technology)
uses, it has been superseded by automatic mounting mechanisms. The file has other names on some versions of Unix; for example, it is found at /etc/vfstab...
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df (abbreviation for disk free) is a standard Unix command used to display the amount of available disk space for file systems on which the invoking user...
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The Unix philosophy, originated by Ken Thompson, is a set of cultural norms and philosophical approaches to minimalist, modular software development. It...
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Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) is a discontinued software package produced by Microsoft which provided a Unix environment on Windows NT and some of its...
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In Unix and operating systems inspired by it, the file system is considered a central component of the operating system. It was also one of the first parts...
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The Unix file system (UFS) is a family of file systems supported by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original...
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mv is a Unix command that moves one or more files or directories from one place to another. If both filenames are on the same filesystem, this results...
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Stat (system call) (redirect from Fstat (Unix))
is a Unix system call that returns file attributes about an inode. The semantics of stat() vary between operating systems. As an example, Unix command...
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Research Unix are early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in the Bell...
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Root directory (redirect from Super root (Unix))
other file systems are mounted as the system boots up. Unix abstracts the nature of this tree hierarchy entirely and in Unix and Unix-like systems the root...
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The Unix command fuser is used to show which processes are using a specified computer file, file system, or Unix socket. For example, to check process...
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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Unix daemon)
facility, and sshd is a daemon that serves incoming SSH connections. In a Unix environment, the parent process of a daemon is often, but not always, the...
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Gpart (category Unix file system-related software)
using Mount (Unix) and retrieve the data from the copy. $ mount -t <part type> /path/to/imagefile -o loop,offset=<part offset> /mnt/loop This will mount the...
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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (redirect from Unix FHS)
used for the layout of Unix-like systems. It has been made popular by its use in Linux distributions, but it is used by other Unix-like systems as well...
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system from Bell Labs (mid-1980s onward), union mounting is a central concept, replacing several older Unix conventions with union directories; for example...
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In Unix-like operating systems, find is a command-line utility that locates files based on some user-specified criteria and either prints the pathname...
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Microsoft Windows. However, though these are similar to POSIX mount points found in Unix and Unix-like systems, they only support local filesystems; on Windows...
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Chroot (redirect from Chroot (Unix))
chroot is an operation on Unix and Unix-like operating systems that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children...
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Loop device (redirect from Loopback mount)
In Unix-like operating systems, a loop device, vnd (vnode disk), or lofi (loop file interface) is a pseudo-device that makes a computer file accessible...
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User identifier (redirect from User identifier (unix))
specific kernel implementation in use and possibly the mount options used. According to BSD Unix semantics, the group ownership given to a newly created...
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In computing, apropos is a command to search the man page files in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. Apropos takes its name from the French "à propos"...
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rm (short for remove) is a basic command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to remove objects such as computer files, directories and symbolic...
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Berkeley r-commands (redirect from Rcp (Unix))
computer programs designed to enable users of one Unix system to log in or issue commands to another Unix computer via TCP/IP computer network. The r-commands...
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Plan 9 from Bell Labs (section Unix compatibility)
Science Research Center (CSRC) at Bell Labs in the mid-1980s and built on UNIX concepts first developed there in the late 1960s. Since 2000, Plan 9 has...
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Mkfs (category Unix file system-related software)
part of Unix and Unix-like operating systems. In Unix, a block storage device must be formatted with a file system before it can be mounted and accessed...
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Mtab (category Unix file system technology)
(contraction of mounted file systems table) file is a system information file, commonly found on Unix-like systems. This file lists all currently mounted filesystems...
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