It is like a database of all file information except the file contents and the file name. The inode entries store metadata about each file, directory or object, but only points to these structures rather than storing the data. Each entry is 128 bytes size.
- Inode number
- Mode information to discern file type and also for the
stat Cfunction - Number of links to the file
- UID of the owner
- Group ID (GID) of the owner
- Size of the file
- Actual number of blocks that the file uses
- Time last modified
- Time last accessed
- Time last changed