Advantages of Maintaining Directories
- Efficiency: A file can be located more quickly.
- Naming: It becomes convenient for users as two users can have same name for different files or may have different name for same file.
- Grouping: Logical grouping of files can be done by properties e.g. all java programs, all games etc.
File Systems in Operating System
A computer file is defined as a medium used for saving and managing data in the computer system. The data stored in the computer system is completely in digital format, although there can be various types of files that help us to store the data.