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Im currently reading the book

  • "How Linux Works" by Brian Ward

and on chapter 4.5 it is said

"A directory inode contains a list of filenames and corresponding links to other inodes"

this implies that a directory's inode is structurally different than a normal file inode.

I have found this question

and the top ( and only ) answer there implies this is isn't correct.( it agrees with Brian Ward but the answer is highly downvoted)

if the answer I'm looking for is filesystem specific take ext2/3/4 as example

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    The site where you found the other question is far better suited for this question, so I'm voting to migrate it over to Unix & Linux. Commented Nov 25, 2020 at 12:26
  • That is a simplistic/conceptual view. For actual implementation details, have a look at the ext4 documentation at kernal.org at kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/ext4/directory.html Commented Nov 25, 2020 at 15:35

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