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Advanced Operating System Assignment

The assignment covers various topics related to advanced operating systems, including detailed explanations of buffer headers, comparisons between system calls and pipe types, and discussions on file types. It also requires demonstrating the atexit function, writing a program for file holes, and justifying the overhead of symbolic links compared to hard links. Additionally, the assignment includes explanations of system calls like Open, Read, Write, Chown, and Chmod, as well as definitions of key terms such as hard-link, broken link, symbolic link, and pipe.

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Advanced Operating System Assignment

The assignment covers various topics related to advanced operating systems, including detailed explanations of buffer headers, comparisons between system calls and pipe types, and discussions on file types. It also requires demonstrating the atexit function, writing a program for file holes, and justifying the overhead of symbolic links compared to hard links. Additionally, the assignment includes explanations of system calls like Open, Read, Write, Chown, and Chmod, as well as definitions of key terms such as hard-link, broken link, symbolic link, and pipe.

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Advanced operating system Assignment

1. Explain Buffer header in detail.


2. Compare between
a. Dup and Dup2 System Call
b. Named and Unnamed Pipe
3. Discuss different types of files in operating system.
4. Demonstrate how atexit function work in operating system.
5. Write a program for hole in file.
6. Justify why symbolic link required more overhead than hard link .
7. Explain Open, Read, Write System call.
8. Explain sticky bit.
9. Explain following system calls
a. Chown
b. Chmod
10. Define the following terms-
a. Hard-link
b. Broken link
c. Symbolic link
d. Pipe

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