CSE 451, Autumn 1997, Homework 5

Out: Monday Nov. 17

Due: Wednesday Nov. 26

Reading:

Read the text: Chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Stuff to Turn In:

Answer the following questions from Silberschatz and Galvin: 15.6, 15.8, 15.9, 16.1, 16.3, 16.7, 17.5, 17.6
Another problem:
Suppose you have a file named "fizbin" in your home directory on grizzly. You want to read that file. Suppose the file system currently has no data cached and no metadata cached. List all of the files that must be accessed in order to read your file, what information is read from them, and how it's used. Assume that your home directory is stored in a local file system (ie, not NFS-mounted).