https://funinkina.co.in/tags/filesystem/Recent content in Filesystem on funinkina's cornerHugoenMon, 27 Jan 2025 23:05:52 +0530https://funinkina.co.in/blog/explaining-inodes-in-linux/Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:05:52 +0530https://funinkina.co.in/blog/explaining-inodes-in-linux/<h2 id="what-are-inodes">What are Inodes?</h2> <p>If you are a linux user, you must have encountered some kind <code>Insufficient Permission</code> or <code>File not found</code> errors. These errors are usually caused by the filesystem structure of linux. Ever wondered from where Linux reads these properties of a file? Also if you use symlinks (shortcuts if you are coming from windows) to a file, how is it resolved internally? When I was a beginner, I used to think that Linux reads these properties from the file itself. But then where are these properties stored in the file? It turns out, that&rsquo;s not the case. Linux reads these properties from a data structure called <code>Inode</code>.</p>