Download or read book File Structures written by Michael J. Folk and published by Addison Wesley. This book was released on 1992 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition has been thoroughly updated to instruct readers on the design of fast and flexible file structures. It includes coverage of file structures in a UNIX environment, in addition to a new and substantial appendix on CD-ROM. Other modern file structures such as extendible hashing methods are also explored. This book develops a framework for approaching the design of systems to store and retrieve information on magnetic disks and other mass storage devices. It provides a fundamental collection of tools that any user needs in order to design intelligent, cost-effective, and appropriate solutions to file structure problems.