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🎨 #Macs and mysteries! Dive into a riveting tale of #inodes, where file systems get their very own numerical identity crisis. 🤓 Because nothing screams excitement like the riveting history of index nodes—mystical structures that only the bravest can pretend to care about! 🧙‍♂️✨
https://eclecticlight.co/2025/10/04/explainer-inodes-and-inode-numbers/ #mysteries #fileSystems #techHistory #indexNodes #HackerNews #ngated

You can rename or move a file that a program is currently using — and it’ll still work.
#Linux tracks file #inodes, not filenames. Programs access files by #inode, so renaming doesn’t affect the process unless it reopens the file.

You can rename or move a file that a program is currently using — and it’ll still work.
#Linux tracks file #inodes, not filenames. Programs access files by #inode, so renaming doesn’t affect the process unless it reopens the file.

You can rename or move a file that a program is currently using — and it’ll still work.
#Linux tracks file #inodes, not filenames. Programs access files by #inode, so renaming doesn’t affect the process unless it reopens the file.

You can rename or move a file that a program is currently using — and it’ll still work.
#Linux tracks file #inodes, not filenames. Programs access files by #inode, so renaming doesn’t affect the process unless it reopens the file.

You can rename or move a file that a program is currently using — and it’ll still work.
#Linux tracks file #inodes, not filenames. Programs access files by #inode, so renaming doesn’t affect the process unless it reopens the file.

+hrmpf+
pineWintermute broke down again.
Broken #inodes. Of course I was too lazy to prepare my own #microSD card with a #ManjaroLive for #ARM system.
Be patient my dear until this evening in the nearest #hackerspace Ruum42.ch.
#NoBackupNoMitleid #PinebookPro

Explainer: Inodes and Inode Numbers

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/10/04/explainer-inodes-and-inode-numbers/

#HackerNews #Inodes #InodeNumbers #FileSystem #TechExplainer #DataStorage

Imagine a vast library where books are meticulously organized, each with its own unique identifier and location. This is the essence of a Linux filesystem - a sophisticated system that manages and organizes data on your computer's storage devices.

The following article is a nice introduction to understand #Linux #Filesystems: #inodes, block sizes, and data structures:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/understanding-linux-filesystems-inodes-block-sizes-and-data-structures

#linuxjournal

i will never not laugh about people building and working on some of the largest computers that have ever existed, regularly complaining about too few inodes...

#HPC #inodes #filesystems

@PhieLaidMignon if in doubt: it's #inodes (it's always inodes 😜)

So, while archiving G+ content, I apparently ran out of #inodes on my harddisk...
Is it possible to work around this by creating a disk image on the existing partition and mounting that?

#macOS #Linux #AskMastodon