There is also a ("different") file system called EFS under
EFS (Extent File System) is an older block
EFS has been superseded by
External links
* [http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/ EFS support for Linux]
* [http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/fs/efs/ EFS support for NetBSD]
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