Commit 259a0ee

@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ Your answer for each question should be about 150 words. (100 marks total)
 > Solaris.
 
 1. If you were creating an operating system to handle files, what are the six basic file operations that you should implement? (8 marks)
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+  1. Creating a file. Allocate space and add directory entry.
+  1. Writing a file. Write data starting at seek position in to a file.
+  1. Reading a file. Read data from the seek position into a specified buffer.
+  1. Repositioning within a file. Change the seek position in a file to read/write to/from.
+  1. Deleting a file. Remove the file entry from the directory and release file space.
+  1. Truncating a file. Reset size of file to 0 and keep other attributes.
 1. To create a new file, an application program calls on the logical file system. Describe the steps the logical file system takes to create a file. (8 marks)
 1. How is a hash table superior to a simple linear list structure? What issue must be handled by hash table implementation? (8 marks)
 1. What are the factors influencing the selection of a disk-scheduling algorithm? (8 marks)