UNIX filesystems
by Steve D. Pate · first published 2003
100% recommend
Covers all versions of UNIX, as well as Linux, operating systems that are used by the majority of Fortune 1000 companies for their mission-critical data Offers more detail than other books on the file input/output aspects of UNIX programming Describes implementation of UNIX filesystems over a thirty year period Demonstrates VERITAS and other filesystem examples
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on “I’m writing my own OS” ↗…http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Linux-Kernel-Third-Editi... (that's a very technical and in-depth book) and http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-3rd-Edition/d... (that's a more gentle overview book) then dive in with http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Filesystems-Evolution-Design-Impl... and write a very simple file system. Learn C as necessary. The FreeBSD kernel book is worth a look too: http://www.amazon.com/Design-Implementation-FreeBSD-Operatin...
on “Ask HN - I need a greybeard mentor” ↗These are both somewhat dated but still very worth while and relevant reads, you can find them cheap on Amazon: "UNIX Filesystems: Evolution, Design, and Implementation 1st Edition" by by Steve D. Pate "Practical File System Design with the Be File System" by Dominic Giampaolo
on “Ask HN: Recommended guides for learning filesystems?” ↗