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Device File System (devfs)

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	=== Device File System (devfs) ===		=== Device File System (devfs) ===

			(From the FreeBSD manpage) The device file system, or devfs, provides access to kernel's device namespace in the global file system namespace. The conventional mount point is /dev.

	=== Ext2 File System (ext2fs) ===		=== Ext2 File System (ext2fs) ===

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Kern File System (kernfs)

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	=== Kern File System (kernfs) ===		=== Kern File System (kernfs) ===

			(from the NetBSD manpage) The filesystem includes several regular files which can be read, some of which can also be written. The contents of the files is in a machine-
			independent format, either a string, or an integer in decimal ASCII. Where numbers are returned, a trailing newline character is also added.

	=== Memory File System (mfs) ===		=== Memory File System (mfs) ===

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snapshotting links

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	=== Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) ===		=== Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) ===

	The [[ffs]] filesystem was written at [[UCB]] by Marshall Kirk McKusick for 4.2BSD. It is still widely used in the [[BSD]] family of Operating Systems. Later development of this filesystem allows ~~snapshotting~~.		The [[ffs]] filesystem was written at [[UCB]] by Marshall Kirk McKusick for 4.2BSD. It is still widely used in the [[BSD]] family of Operating Systems. Later development of this filesystem allows [[snapshot]]ting.

	=== Bind File System (bindfs) ===		=== Bind File System (bindfs) ===
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	=== Hammer File System ===		=== Hammer File System ===

	This is the filesytem on DragonFlyBSD and was written by Matt Dillon. It supports ~~snapshotting~~ and is supposed to be used as a distributed filesystem.		This is the filesytem on DragonFlyBSD and was written by Matt Dillon. It supports [[snapshot]]ting and is supposed to be used as a distributed filesystem.

	=== Kern File System (kernfs) ===		=== Kern File System (kernfs) ===
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	=== Z File System (zfs) ===		=== Z File System (zfs) ===

	A filesystem written at Sun Microsystems that allows ~~snapshotting~~ and cloning of a zfs filesystem.		A filesystem written at Sun Microsystems that allows [[snapshot]]ting and cloning of a zfs filesystem.

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Berkeley Fast File System (FFS)

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	=== Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) ===		=== Berkeley Fast File System (FFS) ===

	The [[ffs]] filesystem was written at [[UCB]] by Marshall Kirk McKusick for 4.2BSD. It is still widely used in the [[BSD]] family of Operating Systems.		The [[ffs]] filesystem was written at [[UCB]] by Marshall Kirk McKusick for 4.2BSD. It is still widely used in the [[BSD]] family of Operating Systems. Later development of this filesystem allows snapshotting.

	=== Bind File System (bindfs) ===		=== Bind File System (bindfs) ===

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X File System (xfs)

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	=== X File System (xfs) ===		=== X File System (xfs) ===

			(From OpenBSD's mount_xfs manpage) The xfs filesystem was written primarily to make a free, AFS-compatible filesystem (Arla). But since the xfs interface is simple and generic it could be used for other filesystems as well.

	=== Z File System (zfs) ===		=== Z File System (zfs) ===

	A filesystem written at Sun Microsystems that allows snapshotting and cloning of a zfs filesystem.		A filesystem written at Sun Microsystems that allows snapshotting and cloning of a zfs filesystem.

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tmpfs

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	This is a filesystem written and architected by a man named Hans Reiser. Development will is stalled since Hans Reiser was found guilty of murdering his wife even though her body was never found.		This is a filesystem written and architected by a man named Hans Reiser. Development will is stalled since Hans Reiser was found guilty of murdering his wife even though her body was never found.

			=== Tmp File System ===

			This is the Solaris version of the memory file system.

	=== Union File System (unionfs) ===		=== Union File System (unionfs) ===

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Bind File System (bindfs)

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	=== Bind File System (bindfs) ===		=== Bind File System (bindfs) ===

			This is the Linux version of the Null filesystem.

	=== Device File System (devfs) ===		=== Device File System (devfs) ===

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Null File System (nullfs)

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	=== Null File System (nullfs) ===		=== Null File System (nullfs) ===

			(from the manpage on FreeBSD) The mount_nullfs utility creates a null layer, duplicating a sub-tree of the file system name space under another part of the global file system namespace. This allows existing files and directories to be accessed using a different pathname.

	=== Network File System ===		=== Network File System ===

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nfs

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	=== Null File System (nullfs) ===		=== Null File System (nullfs) ===

			=== Network File System ===

			[[nfs]] was developed at Sun Microsystems and implemented in most other free [[UBO]]'s. Most support is for version 2 and 3, with some support for version 4.

	=== Proc File System (procfs) ===		=== Proc File System (procfs) ===

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	Most UNIX'es have the [[ufs]] filesystem it is derived from the Berkeley [[ffs]] filesystem.		Most UNIX'es have the [[ufs]] filesystem it is derived from the Berkeley [[ffs]] filesystem.


	=== X File System (xfs) ===		=== X File System (xfs) ===