n non-contiguous storage when a file is stored in many extents,how does the file manager links the different extents of the samefile?
Solution
File records are stored in the contiguous disk space whatever isavailable. Other records are stored in blocks that are known asextents.. An extent is the contiguous group ofblocks
In non contiguous storage, file is stored in extents usingpointers. The file manager links the differentextent of the file using 2 different ways that are as follows:
1) storage level linking – Oneextent points to the the next extent of the file and also keeps thedata of the file in extent. A directory
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