Performing File System Management Tasks

Abstract

In Chapter 2, you learned how to perform basic management tasks related to the file system of your server. For example, you read about file copying and navigating between directories. In this chapter, you’ll learn about some more elementary file system management tasks. The concept of a mount will be discussed, and you will find out how to perform mounts automatically by using the /etc/fstab configuration file. You’ll learn about the purpose of hard and symbolic links and how you can create them. Last but not least, you’ll understand more about how the most important file systems, such as Ext3 and XFS, are organized; and how knowledge of that organization may come in handy, using advanced tools such as dd.