Inodes Every file in a Linux/Unix operating system has an inode associated with it with an exception of Solaris ZFS, which does not have inodes. Inodes basically work very similar to an appendix of a book. Every Inode will have below information about the file. 1. owner 2. permissions 3. size 4. time of last access 5. creation time 6. group id 7. Pointers to data blocks associated with the file content Note: Inode does not provide filename however. File Types There are basically 5 … [Read more...] about Unix file basics : Inode, Soft Vs Hard link, Device files, Named pipes