I'm trying to learn more about how data on disk is organized into directories and files. I understand how it is that a directory is really just another file, but marked in such a way that it is subject to special handling by the OS. But what about inodes and data blocks (i.e. sectors)? A file of any substantial length is a collection of data blocks. Is an inode implemented as a data block that is handled in a special way, or is it a different kind of object (different length, or different region on disk platter, or ...) ?
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