- There are six basic operations  (not all) for file manipulation: create, write, read, delete, reposition r/w pointer (a.k.a. seek), and truncate (not very common.)  (see Fig. 6.5)
 
- Open(Fi)   search directory structure on disk for entry Fi, move content of entry to memory 
 
- Close (Fi)   move content of entry Fi in memory to directory structure on disk
 
Figure 6.5:
File operations.
| 
 | 
 
2004-05-25