mfs

Programming Assignment for reading FAT32 File System for Operating Systems Created by Kolten Sturgill And Mary Huerta

This is a user space shell application that is capable of interpreting a FAT32 file system image called "mfs". The utility does not corrupt the file system image.

To compile:

g++ mfs.c -o mfs or by using the makefile located in this repo

At the start of the program it prints out a prompt of mfs> when it is ready to accept input. Note: this program shall supports relative paths and absolute paths.

The following commands are supported:

open <filename> Opens a fat32 image. Filenames of fat32 images shall not contain spaces.

close Closes the fat32 image.

info Prints out information about the file system

stat <filename> or <directory name> Prints the attributes and starting cluster number of the file or directory name.

get <filename> Retrieves the file from the FAT 32 image and place it in your current working directory.

cd <directory> Changes the current working directory to the given directory.

ls <directory> Lists the directory contents.

volume Prints the volume name of the file system image