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A file system (or filesystem) is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device(s) which contain it.

A file system (or filesystem) is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device(s) which contain it. A file system organizes data in an efficient manner and is tuned to the specific characteristics of the device. A tight coupling usually exists between the operating system and the file system. Some file systems provide mechanisms to control access to the data and metadata. Ensuring reliability is a major responsibility of a file system. Some file systems allow multiple programs to update the same file at nearly the same time.

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How to shorten long names when performing folder to folder copy on server?

I am preparing to move about 500 GB of user's data to a new directory structure on a Windows Server 2012. (255 limit) Is there a way to automatically reduce the length of the filenames somehow during copy? There is a lot of filenames that are too…
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Negative aspects of hiding file extensions in Windows

At my company we work with a lot PDF files. We rename them often; hundreds of pdf files a week and almost all of them have to be renamed. I have always configured windows to show file extensions. However with Windows XP, pressing F2 to rename a file…
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Mass Delete 100m small files

I need to delete over 100 million small (8k-300k) files from an SMB share using Ubuntu Linux 18.04 These files are in the following folder structure: /year/month/day/device/filename_[1...10000].jpeg Things I've tried: rm -rf * - Obviously fails…
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Delaying creation of output files when running a longer command

Situation: I have a shell script running. Whenever a file appears in /etc/scripts, the shell script will chmod it to be executable, and then run it. It will then redirect it's error and output into 2 other files. Example: 1000.run appears. Shell…
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What could prevent me from renaming a file locked?

I've run into a very weird issue on a build server where it won't let me rename any file 'locked' on the entire D drive as it throws a permissions error. I have local admin rights which allow me to rename a file locked on the C drive and rename a…
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Need advice on Hardware Raid, Filesystems and LVM

I have looked through many duplicate questions over the past few hours on here but none really shed light on the issues (confidence) I have been faced with in Work, not exactly. So we have a new Hetzner machine. 4 x 3TB, 64GB RAM, LSI MegaRAID SAS…
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What are common reasons of files integrity change in a file system?

Recently I had an error in an important include file for C++ in my Ubuntu Linux system. I detected it due to a compile error and run debsums to check it. Indeed there was a string changed probably due to a bit flip in the file system. Checking…
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Run similar disk intensive tasks parallel or serial on regular Linux?

Scenario I'm on a regular Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with ext4 Filesystems. I'm using restic to backup my machines. Restic is a backup tool that support different backends (local, sftp, aws, gcs, ..) but only one backup destination at a time. So I can't tell…
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Beyond private-keys or passwords, why disable other=read/exec/write access file permissions for "system" (separate from user/application) files?

Summary In Unix, Linux, or BSD systems: Besides private-key or password files, user-private content, or any custom-application-specific reasons (like serving a database of private information for users or automated processes, internal or external),…
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In linux, Can a filesystem get full even though the volume is not full?

In linux, Can a filesystem get full even though the volume is not full, how do we differentiate filesystem and volume in terms of storage space ?
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Restrict user access to server files

I have 2 Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machines that has about 250 logons. The Files Server has all the users files on D:\userdocs\(username). The Desktop Server has all the software and programs and is where the users logon to and using folder…
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What files in node.js do I need?

I am planning to download node.js onto my server. I already have all the node_modules I need elsewhere. Does this mean I can delete the folder called node_modules in nodejs?
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Database or File System to Server / Accept Short Audio Clips?

I am working on an application that will allow users to play short audio clips (voice recordings), as well upload short clips. I will be using a Java / Tomcat environment. I am wondering if this type of data belongs in a database or a filesystem. …
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Remounting a Device with a Different Filesystem without reboot

I do have a device mounted as ext4 but actually it is ext3, is there a way that I can make it mount simply again as ext3 without rebooting.
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How to forbid system to look into /usr/local binaries, libraries and includes?

I'm in a hard time trying to compile things with just dependencies within the system original folders. However, there are different versions of libraries and tools installed in /usr/local. G++ is always including files from /usr/local/include but it…
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