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Explore how to detect and analyze file system corruption using a simulator based on a very simple file system. Understand inode and data block bitmaps, directory structures, and how inconsistencies arise. This lesson guides you to identify corrupt states within the file system and validate your findings using built-in tools.

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This exercise introduces fsck.py, a simple file system simulator. Some familiarity with the vsfs.py simulator (described in an earlier chapter on file system implementation ...