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Applications often interact with a file system, which is usually implemented as a hierarchy of files and directories starting from a root directory. Operating systems on which a Java virtual machine (JVM) runs typically support at least one file system. For example, Unix/Linux combines all mounted (attached and prepared) disks into one virtual file system. In contrast, Windows associates a separate file system with each active disk drive. Java offers access to the underlying operating system’s available file system(s) via its concrete java.io.File class, which this chapter explores.
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Friesen, J. (2015). File. In: Java I/O, NIO and NIO.2. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1565-4_2
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