:PROPERTIES: :ID: ed51220f-42e4-4491-8307-714a26a01224 :mtime: 20240525071633 :ctime: 20240525071631 :END: #+title: inode #+filetags: :public:operatingsystems:project: * Inode A file-control block (FCB) (an inode in most UNIX file systems) contains information about the file, including ownership, permissions, and location of the file contents. UNIX file systems use inodes (index nodes) as FCBs - A combined scheme: the inode contains pointers to blocks, and pointers to pointers to blocks, and so on ** Structure of a Unix Inode