Where filesystems store their file metadata
问题 So I know that a file is composed by it's data and also metadata, which is information about it (usually the name, the type of the file, dates of creation and modification, etc.). My question is where exactly is that information stored. I know it can be included inside the file, the directory or in a database, but for the Windows, Linux and MAC-OS file systems I can't seem to find this information... 回答1: Most of this information in the case of Windows and Mac is proprietary . For Windows I