Linux Questions & Answers – File Management – 1

This set of Linux / Unix questions and answers focuses on Linux administration for Freshers on File Management area. It will be useful for anyone learning Linux Basics, Essentials and/or Administration.

1. By default if any regular file is created, the number of link is displayed as 1 ?
a) True
b) False
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2. How many links are created when we creat a directory file?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
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3. A user creates a link to a file file1 using the following command “ln file1 file2”. Which of the following is not true?
a) file1 and file2 have the same inode numbers
b) The number of links for file1 is displayed as 1
c) The number of links for file1 is displayed as 2
d) The number of links for file2 is displayed as 2
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4. There are two hard links to the “file1” say hl and h2 and a softlink sl. What happens if we deleted the “file1”?
a) We will still be able to access the file with hl and h2 but not with sl
b) We will not be able to access the file with hl and h2 but with sl
c) We will be able to access the file with any of hl, h2 and sl
d) We will not be able to access the file with any of hl, h2 and sl
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5. If two files on same partition point to the same inode structure they are called
a) Soft links
b) Hard links
c) Alias
d) Special files
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6. Deleting a soft-link
a) Deletes the destination file
b) Deletes both the softlink and the destination file
c) Deletes just the softlink
d) backup of the destination is automatically created
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7. Creation of hardlinks that point across partitions
a) is allowed only to root user
b) can be done by all users
c) the effects are unspecified
d) is not allowed
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8. Which command is used to change permissions of files and directories?
a) mv
b) chgrp
c) chmod
d) set
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9. Where can I find the printer in the file structure?
a) /etc
b) /dev
c) /lib
d) /printer
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10. Which of the following statement is true?
a) The cp command will preserve the meta data of the file
b) The sort command by default sorts in the numeric order
c) The mv command will preserve the meta data of the file
d) The command ps will display the filesystem usage
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11. What UNIX command is used to update the modification time of a file?
a) time
b) modify
c) cat
d) touch
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