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{{Short description|CD-ROM file system}}

The '''Compact Disc File System''' was a file system for read-only and write-once CDROMs developed by Simson Garfinkel and J. Spencer Love at the MIT Media Lab between 1985 and 1986.<ref>{{cite article|title=A File System for Write-Once Media|author=Simson L. Garfinkel|publisher=MIT Media Lab|year=1986|month=September|url=http://simson.net/clips/academic/1986.CDFS.pdf}}</ref> The file system provided for the creation, modification, renaming and deletion of files and directories on a write-once media. The file system was developed with a write-once CDROM simulator and was used to master one of the first CDROMs in 1986. CDFS was never sold, but its source code was published on the Internet and the CDROMs were distributed to Media Lab sponsors. The file system was the basis of WOFS (Write Once File System),<ref>{{cite article|title=Designing a Write-Once File System|journal=Dr. Dobb's Journal|author=Simson L. Garfinkel|year=1991|url=http://simson.net/clips/1991/1991.DDJ.WOFS.pdf}}</ref> sold by N/Hance systems in 1989.

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The '''Compact Disc File System''' was(CDFS) is a [[file system]] for [[Read-only memory|read-only]] and [[Write-once (cache coherence)|write-once]] CDROMs[[CD-ROM]]s developed by [[Simson Garfinkel]] and J. Spencer Love at the [[MIT Media Lab]] between 1985 and 1986.<ref>{{cite articlenews|title=A File System for Write-Once Media|author=Simson L. Garfinkel|publisher=MIT Media Lab|year=1986|month date=September 1986 |url=http://simson.net/clips/academic/1986.CDFS.pdf}}</ref> The file system provided for the creation, modification, renaming and deletion of files and directories on a write-once media. The file system was developed with a write-once CDROMCD-ROM simulator and was used to master one of the first CDROMsCD-ROMs in 1986. CDFS was never sold, but its [[source code]] was published on the [[Internet]] and the CDROMsCD-ROMs were distributed to Media Lab sponsors. The file system wasis the basis of WOFS (Write Once-once File System),<ref>{{cite articlejournal|title=Designing a Write-Onceonce File System|journal=Dr. Dobb's Journal|author=Simson L. Garfinkel|year=1991|url=http://simson.net/clips/1991/1991.DDJ.WOFS.pdf}}</ref> sold by N/Hance systems in 1989.

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