PPT Slide
File Naming Conventions
- File naming conventions are sometimes a necessary part of the operating system semantics (.COM and .EXE files in DOS/Win) or merely a set of conventions (most UNIX file extensions).
- Typical extensions exist for a variety of OSes, programs and applications: .c, .txt, .s, .OBJ, .o, .a, .LIB, .EXE, .COM, .tex, .gif, .jpg, .mov, .avi, .ps, .Z, .gz, .mif, .DOC, .h, .cpp, .c++, .pas, etc., etc., etc.!
File system operations
- Figures 16.8, 16.9 & 16.10 categorize file system operations into three: operations on files, operations on open files & operations on directories.