Question

List the 7 basic file attributes associated with a file in operating systems.

Answer 1

1 ) Name : Each file has his own file name assosciated within the file sytem, No two Files in the same directory will have the same file names.

2 ) Identifier : Each file has extensions for an example .txt, .pdf, etc...

3 ) Type : File are divided into different types like Audio, Video, Text etc...

4 ) Protection : Each file has its own file permission like read, write and execute permissions which is used through chmod command, using these command we can change the permissions

5 ) Size : In a fileSystem there will be size of each file calculated by number of bytes in memory

6 ) Location : There are many locations where file can be saved, each file has its own set of loaction

7 ) Time and Date : In the file system each file has timestamp of time and date where its last modified