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The '''CMS file system''' is the native [[file system]] of [[IBM]]'s [[Conversational Monitor System]] (CMS), a component of [[VM/370]]. It was the only file system for CMS until the introduction of the [[CMS Shared File System]] with [[VM/SP]].<ref name="VMLogic">{{cite book|last1=IBM Corporation|title=IBM Virtual Machine Facility/370|date=1976|page=178-|url=http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/370/VM_370/plm/SY20-0885-0_VM370_System_Logic_and_Problem_Determination_Guide_1976.pdf|accessdate=August 3, 2016}}</ref>
 
==Disk organization {{anchor|minidisk}} ==
CMS uses [[virtual disk]]s called ''minidisks'' to store files. A minidisk is a contiguous subset of a real disk which functions like a real disk. VM allows minidisks to contain various types of data such as [[OS/360]] or [[DOS/360]] datasets as well as CMS-formatted data.