For this project I teamed up with three classmates to write a user space portable index-allocated file system. Our program provides users with 2²⁶ bytes of drive space in a disk image. Users will have the ability to create the filesystem image, list the files currently in the file system, add files, remove files, and save the filesystem. Files will persist in the file system image when the program exits.

C memory management concepts
Filesystems structure and functionality
Disk Images
XOR Cypher Encryption

The code will be compiled with:

gcc -Wall -Werror --std=c99 <filename>

The program prints out a prompt of mfs> when it is ready to accept input.

insert allows the user to put a new file into the file system.

The command takes the form:

insert <filename>

If the filename is too long an error will be returned stating:

insert error: File name too long.

If there is not enough disk space for the file an error will be returned stating:

insert error: Not enough disk space.

The retrieve command allows the user to retrieve a file from the file system and place it in the current working directory.

The command shall take the form:

retrieve <filename>

and

retrieve <filename> <newfilename>

If no new filename is specified the retrieve command copies the file to the current working directory using the old filename.

If the file does not exist in the file system an error will be printed that states:

Error: File not found.

The delete command allows the user to delete a file from the file system

If the file does exist in the file system it shall be deleted and all the space available for additional files.

The undelete command allows the user to undelete a file that has been deleted from the file system

If the file does exist in the file system directory and marked deleted it will be undeleted.

If the file is not found in the directory then the following shall be printed:

undelete: Can not find the file.

The list command displays all the files in the file system, their size in bytes and the time they were added to the file system

If no files are in the file system a message shall be printed: list: No files found.

Files that are marked as hidden are not listed

The df command displays the amount of free space in the file system in bytes.

The open command opens a file system image file with the name and path given by the user.

If the file is not found a message will be printed:

open: File not found

The close command closes a file system image file with the name and path given by the user.

If the file is not open a message will be printed:

close: File not open

The savefs command writes the file system to disk.

The attrib command sets or removes an attribute from the file.

Valid attributes are:

To set the attribute on the file the attribute tag is given with a +, ex:

mfs> attrib +h foo.txt

To remove the attribute on the file the attribute tag is given with a -, ex:

mfs> attrib -h foo.txt

If the file is not found a message will be printed:

attrib: File not found

createfs command

createfs creates a file system image file with the named provided by the user.

If the file name is not provided a message will be printed:

createfs: Filename not provided

The encrypt command allows the user to encrypt a file in the file system using the provided cipher. This is a simple byte-by-byte XOR cipher.

The command shall take the form:

encrypt <filename> <cipher>

The cipher is required to be 256 bits.

The decrypt command allows the user to decrypt a file in the file system using the provided cipher. This is a simple byte-by-byte XOR cipher.

The command shall take the form:

decrypt <filename> <cipher>

The cipher is required to be 256 bits.