[Info-vax] Request description of UFS for VMS person

[David J Dachtera]

AEF wrote:
> 
>  Hi,
> 
> Can anyone here point me to a reference that describes the Unix file
> system (UFS) at a level and detail similar to the that found in the
> reference below? I've Googled for it and looked at a few books and had
> no luck. Thanks!
> 
> Guide to OpenVMS File Applications, Section 1.2.2:
> 
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731final/4506/4506pro_001.html#apps_files_11controlfiles

Well, and perhaps one of the more UN*X-literate folks can double-check
me here, probably the most striking short fall of - AFAIK - *ALL* of the
UN*X filesystems is their extreme fragility. Without a backup, the loss
of a directory is typically unrecoverable. Why? Because the name of a
file is stored ONLY in the directory! ...there is no duplication in a
file header as we know it in VMS. Unless you have a list of filenames
with their I-nodes in some human-readable form, lose a directory and
you're toast!

D.J.D.