Reg:magic number of the filesystem

SATHISH.J (sathish.j@tatainfotech.com)
Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:44:39 +0530 (IST)


Hi,

Every file system has a magic number. Can you please tell me what for this
magic number is used. When do we really use this unique magic number of
the file system and why?

Thanks in advance.

With Regards,
sathish

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