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Explain the operations provided by an operating system

Explain the operations provided by an operating system

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Steve

Create-Is used to create a new file.
Delete- Is used to delete an existing file, which is no longer needed.
Open-Is used to open an existing file, when a user wants to start using it.
Close-Is used a close a file, when a user has finished using it.
Read-Is used to read data stored in a file.
Write-Is used to write new data in a file.
Seek-. Is used with random access file to first position the read/ write pointer to a specific place in the file, so that data can be read from, or written to, that position.
Get attributes- Is used to access the attributes of a file.

Steve ju answered the question on June 7, 2018 at 17:22

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