File System and Device Management GATE 2021 Question #622 with Solution

GATE 2021 · Set-1

Operating SystemsFile System and Device ManagementmediumMSQ1 mark

Consider a linear list based directory implementation in a file system. Each directory is a list of nodes, where each node contains the file name along with the file metadata, such as the list of pointers to the data blocks. Consider a given directory foo. Which of the following operations will necessarily require a full scan of foo for successful completion?

ACreation of a new file in fooBDeletion of an existing file from fooCRenaming of an existing file in fooDOpening of an existing file in foo

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