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Random file access in a block based file format
I am writing a program to store, retrieve and delete "blocks" of data of varying sizes.
The way it currently works is by keeping a database storing the locations of the blocks and the locations of ...
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Studies of file access patterns in embedded systems
I am considering what elements an operating system for Network On Chip systems might have and the issue of file systems looms large. NoCs have an embedded heritage, and their domain of use (at least ...
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What if the electricity goes off while a file is being renamed?
Suppose I'm renaming a file and the electricity goes off right in the middle. Naively, it looks like the file could be in some “half-renamed” state. Maybe the name would have half the old name and ...
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Monitoring files in preservation archives
What are efficient and accurate techniques for monitoring the recoverability and integrity of files in very large preservation archives?
In very large archives, the time taken to recompute checksums ...
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Why store self and parent links (. and ..) in a directory entry?
Consider an filesystem targeted at some embedded devices that does little more than store files in a hierarchical directory structure. This filesystem lacks many of the operations you may be used to ...
