Question

Data structures are used to represent the directories in operating systems

Answer 1

A directory is a container that is used to contain folders and file. It organises files and folders into hierarchical manner.There are several logical structures of directory, these are given as below.

Single-level directory –

Single level directory is simplest disectory structure.In it all files are contained in same directory which make it easy to support and understand.

A single level directory has a significant limitation, however, when the number of files increases or when the system has more than one user. Since all the files are in the same directory, they must have the unique name . if two users call there dataset test, then the unique name rule violated.