A small amount of descriptive data (metadata) that is added to a computer file by the user or network administrator. It is maintained by the file system but is not part of the file's regular set of ...

A lot of information is available about individual files on a Unix system. For example, the ls -l command will display the permissions matrix and ls -i will display a file’s inode. But, if we want to ...

The following section explains which values are used if you specify file characteristics for the same file in multiple places. Order of Precedence for Input If you use a fileref to reference a file ...

Although it didn’t make the keynote cut, one of the bigger news items for developers today is that Apple is rolling out a new file system for storage for all its products: The Apple File System (APFS) ...

The new Apple File System announced at WWDC highlights how the company is planning for the future. Here's a look under the hood at what the company will use to replace HFS+ on Macs, iOS, Apple Watch ...

One of the most critical errors of Windows, “The Extended Attributes Are Inconsistent” error in Windows 11/10 is a sign that your computer’s operating system ...

BMP (Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap) Supports color-mapped and true color images that are stored as uncompressed or run-length encoded data. BMP was developed by Microsoft Corporation.