The format of directories as stored on the 2. 8 points UNIX designers

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2. [8 points]: The UNIX designers chose to have the process created by a fork() share (inherit) the open file descriptors of its parent.

Which of the following would become more complicated had they decided on an alternate fork() semantics, in which the child process is created with no open file descriptors?

The format of directories as stored on the disk.

A True

B False

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Explanation:

FALSE. Directory structure is also unaffected by the mechanism for sharing file descriptors between children and parents.

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Computer System Engineering 6.033 Spring 2006

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MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Attribution: Morris, Robert, and Samuel Madden. 6.033 Computer System Engineering, Spring 2009. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-033-computer-system-engineering-spring-2009 (Accessed 2 May, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

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