Answer / ramya a v

Inode is a structure contains the information necessary for
a process to access a file.Exist in a static form on disk
and the kernel reads them into an in-core inode.
consists of
- file owner identifier
- file type
- file access permissions
- file access times
- number of links to the file
- table of contents for the disk address of data in a file
- file size

in-core copy of the inode contains
- status of the in-core inode
- logical device number of file system
- inode number
- pointers to other in-core inodes
- reference count

Answer / uday kumar_anem

An inode is an entry in a disk table that contains
information about a file such as its owner, size, and last
access date. The inode is changed when the file is first
created and also later if the owner, group, or permissions
are changed.

Answer / alpa

Index node to refer file in Unix System

Answer / devil

Inode Contains all the details about a file like owner,
permission, type....... etc. But it doesn't Contain
the "Filename" for the paticular file.

Answer / nick

Each file in the unix operating system has a unique inode.
this inode is maintained to get the basic info about the
file as stated in above answer's. the main purpose of inode,
is that multiple process in unix os can access the same file
in (read mode) and inode helps kernel to maintain only one
copy of inode in main memory called as incore inode even if
10 process are accessing the same file...

Answer / tanushree

Inode is a small table associated with each file and it keeps the record of of those files.consists of
- file owner identifier
- file type
- file access permissions
- file access times
- number of links to the file
- table of contents for the disk address of data in a file
- file size

in-core copy of the inode contains
- status of the in-core inode
- logical device number of file system
- inode number
- pointers to other in-core inodes
- reference count

Answer / jayaraghavendra

I nodes are objects used to record the information about
files

Answer / rakesh

inode is basically store information about files and
folders. it is an flat array that store index numbers for
each file.

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