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To establish exclusive control of a file so only one program can access it at a time and prevent potential data loss if one program writes information back that hasn't been updated wit the information from another program.
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Can Windows files be used on Linux?
MS is nasty and try very hard to make things incompatible, but generally linux can read and write windows drive.
What are the three standard linux permissions?
read, write, execute
What does the CAT utility do in Linux?
The cat utility is designed to join files together. It is also sometimes used to read files through a terminal.
How can you read and write to files in C programming language?
We can read and write to files with the help of file commands in c programming.There are so many commands related to file for read,write,append,delete etc.
What are read only files?
Files that can only be read (data can be retirieved) are called read-only files. You cannot write any data into a read-only file (you cannot edit it).
What does mounting mean in Linux?
"Mounting" means to enable read / write access to a partition.
What are permissions in Linux?
Read permission(4) Write permission(2) Execute permission(1)
Does Ubuntu Linux recognize Windows folders on external media?
Yes. Ubuntu can read files and directories created by a Windows system.
How do you format Mac hard drive to read Linux files?
Formatting the drive would remove any files currently on it. If you want to access a Linux file system from Mac OS X, there are a few programs that can do this, such as Paragon ExtFS for Mac OS X or ext2fsx.
Can someone explain the Test Links Set Find and ISpell flow command in Red hat Linux?
TEST: Check files & compare values LINKS: create a link to a file SET: Read and write variables FIND: search for files in a directory hierarchy ISPELL:Ispell corrects spelling in plain text, LaTeX, sgml/html/xml, and nroff files.
What were to happen if you would put your MW2 installation disk into your Linux?
Nothing. It will just read the files as if it would in Windows, but will not trigger the autorun as it would do in Windows.
Which Linux kernels support the NTFS file system?
NTFS read support has been in the kernel since 2.2. 2.6.0 supports read / write operations.
