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filesystems.5: Add discussion of ntfs and ext4 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" 2007-12-14 mtk Added Reiserfs, XFS, JFS.
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.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2007-12-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH FILESYSTEMS 5 2010-05-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.nh
.SH NAME
filesystems \- Linux file-system types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, Reiserfs,
filesystems \- Linux file-system types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, Reiserfs,
XFS, JFS, xia, msdos,
umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs
umsdos, vfat, ntfs, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs
.SH DESCRIPTION
When, as is customary, the
.B proc
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It is easy to
switch back and forth between ext2 and ext3.
.TP
.B ext4
is a set of upgrades to ext3 including substantial performance and
reliability enhancements,
plus large increases in volume, file, and directory size limits.
.TP
.B Reiserfs
.B Reiserfs
is a journaling file system, designed by Hans Reiser,
that was integrated into Linux in kernel 2.4.1.
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is an extended DOS file system used by Microsoft Windows95 and Windows NT.
VFAT adds the capability to use long filenames under the MSDOS file system.
.TP
.B ntfs
replaces Microsoft Window's FAT file systems (VFAT, FAT32).
It has reliability, performance, and space-utilization enhancements
plus features like ACLs, journaling, encryption, and so on.
.TP
.B proc
is a pseudo file system which is used as an interface to kernel data
structures rather than reading and interpreting