Unix for Advanced Users

12. The Unix Filesystem

• 12.1 What is a Filesystem?
• 12.2 The Physical Filesystem - Hardware and Software
  12.2.1 The raw hardware underneath - hard disks
  12.2.2 Slicing the disk
  12.2.3 Creating the filesystem - nuts and bolts
  12.2.4 Reading/writing the bits
  
• 12.3 The Virtual Filesystem - Everything in Unix is a File
  12.3.1 The root of the filesystem
  12.3.2 Plain, ordinary files
  12.3.3 Directories
  12.3.4 Links
  12.3.5 Special files
  
• 12.4 Unix Filesystem Commands
  12.4.1 Building file systems: mkfs
  12.4.2 Checking and repairing file systems: fsck
  12.4.3 File system organization and mount table: fstab
  12.4.4 Mounting file systems: mount
  12.4.5 Unmounting file systems: umount
  12.4.6 Information about file systems: df and mount
  12.4.7 Disk usage summary: du
  12.4.8 Sniffing links: ls and find