File Control Tools
File Control Tools
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Copyright(c), 1990, 1995 Dr. Frederick B. Cohen - All Rights Reserved
- The Ls program lists file names.
- The Chmod program changes the protection bits associated
with files.
- The Chown program changes the owner of a file
if the user running the program is authorized to make the change.
Normally, this program can only be used by the superuser.
- The Chgrp program changes the group associated with a
file if the user has the authority to access both
the previous and subsequent groups. Normally, this program can
only be used by the superuser.
- The Mv program changes the name of a file.
- The Cp program copies a file.
- The Ln program links a new name to an existing file.
- The Rm program removes a link from a file, and if no
links remain, results in the removal of the file from the
file-system.
- The Tar program converts a list of files into a
single binary file suitable for placing on a tape, or unpacks the
binary file into the constituent files. The Tar
command also stores information about the file, its owner,
its group, and its protection bits. Provided Tar has
sufficient privileges, it can restore these values when restoring
files.
- The Mount program mounts a file-structure on a
directory.
- The Umount program unmounts a file-structure.
- The Df program lists the amount of space used, space
available, and inodes available on each mounted
file-structure.
- The Mknod program creates an inode.
- The Mkfs program creates a file-structure on a
logical partition of a physical device.