What is the difference between a Physical File & a Logical?
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Answer / jothi lakshmi
physical file:physical file is an object of *file it
contains orginal data.
Logical File: contains only an index to the data stored into
the physical files.
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Answer / subbaro.d
IN PF IT TAKES MEMORY AND IN LF DONT TAKE MEMORY ONLY READ ONLY
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Answer / ka
the physical file exists on ssd(secondary storage), logical
is not exists on ssd
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Answer / sasi
1.IN PF WE CAN VIEW ALL THE DATA
2.IN LF WE CAN SORT THE DATA(WE CAN SEE ONLY LIMITED DATA)
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Answer / vishal
PH file is the core data file.
where LF is the duplicate value of ph file that is use only
for display.
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Answer / rk
physical representation a file may take, the logical view
of a unix file is the same
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Answer / harish
hi guys, i also have one aswer for logical and physical files
correct me if im wrong.
logical file= file which is in memory {temporary}
physical file = which is stored on an external
disk...{external storage medium}
what do u recon guys?
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