UNIX Filesystem

See Indexed Allocation

UNIX Filesystem Commands

CommandSemantics
touch <filename>Create a zero byte file with the provided filename, and current date.
mkdir <dirname>Create an empty directory with the provide dirname
rm <filename>Remove the file of the given filename
rmdir <dirname>Remove the directory of the given dirname
ln <orig> <new>Hard Link the original to the new
ln -s <orig> <new>Symlink the original to the new
chmod <rights> <filename>Change the permissions/access rights for the file
chgrp <group> <filename>Change the file of the given filename to be of the specified group
chown <user> <filename>Change the owner of the file to the provided user
cp <orig> <new>Copy the original file to the new file
mv <orig> <new>Move the original file to the new file