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		molszanski on May 16, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: FSQL – Search through your file system wi... @all, do you guys know if osx / linux have the MFT like structures accessible to the user? Any links?

pjc50 on May 16, 2017 [–]

Linux ext systems have inodes, which store all the metadata except the name. Directories contain name + inode number.

NTFS stores the name in the MFT instead, which makes hard links a bit weirder.

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