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How to Recover Deleted Files in Linux

We all sometimes delete important files accidently. And sometimes we delete a few files thinking that they aren’t important, but later we might realize that we need them. It is best to keep a backup of files so that they can be easily recovered when they are required later. But even if you didn’t keep […]

An Introduction to Files and Directories in Linux

A UNIX based system like Linux can have multiple file systems. These file systems can in turn have a number of groups, which in turn contain blocks of data and ‘inodes’. Each file system has a descriptor block, which is somewhat like the metadata attached to media files. An inode gives each file a specific […]