Inodes play a crucial role in file identification and retrieval. Unlike some other filesystems (like FAT, which uses a file allocation table), Linux filesystems use inodes to store metadata and ...

Some files on a Linux system can appear in more than one location. Follow these instructions to find and identify these "identical twins" and learn why hard links can be so advantageous.

On the other hand, inode numbers can have six, seven, eight or more digits, ... Linux systems administrator, security engineer and Linux journalist for most of her 30-year career.