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| author | Jeff Barry <JeffBatHome@myletters.us> | 2010-05-24 14:48:17 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2010-05-24 14:48:17 +0200 |
| commit | 85c716cb9f36bcc4b3f8dbb2c475c5581aa85b3d (patch) | |
| tree | 75bbc8336299ba60cdf8f27c61c9baf14d2cc6c4 /man5/filesystems.5 | |
| parent | 84492c365baf702f70c1e40d6a9cc7341470c7ac (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-85c716cb9f36bcc4b3f8dbb2c475c5581aa85b3d.tar.gz | |
filesystems.5: Add discussion of ntfs and ext4
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man5/filesystems.5 b/man5/filesystems.5 index 5a5c01cac5..b66fd0e812 100644 --- a/man5/filesystems.5 +++ b/man5/filesystems.5 @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ .\" .\" 2007-12-14 mtk Added Reiserfs, XFS, JFS. .\" -.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2007-12-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2010-05-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .nh .SH NAME -filesystems \- Linux file-system types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, Reiserfs, +filesystems \- Linux file-system types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, Reiserfs, XFS, JFS, xia, msdos, -umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs +umsdos, vfat, ntfs, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs .SH DESCRIPTION When, as is customary, the .B proc @@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ is a journaling version of the ext2 file system. It is easy to switch back and forth between ext2 and ext3. .TP +.B ext4 +is a set of upgrades to ext3 including substantial performance and +reliability enhancements, +plus large increases in volume, file, and directory size limits. +.TP + .B Reiserfs .B Reiserfs is a journaling file system, designed by Hans Reiser, that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.1. @@ -116,6 +122,11 @@ sacrificing compatibility with DOS. is an extended DOS file system used by Microsoft Windows95 and Windows NT. VFAT adds the capability to use long filenames under the MSDOS file system. .TP +.B ntfs +replaces Microsoft Window's FAT file systems (VFAT, FAT32). +It has reliability, performance, and space-utilization enhancements +plus features like ACLs, journaling, encryption, and so on. +.TP .B proc is a pseudo file system which is used as an interface to kernel data structures rather than reading and interpreting |