Rock Ridge

E118332

Rock Ridge is an extension to the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system standard that adds support for long filenames, deeper directory hierarchies, and POSIX-style file attributes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rock Ridge canonical 4
Rock Ridge extensions 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 9660 extension ⓘ
file system extension ⓘ
abbreviation RRIP ⓘ
allowsFilenameLength up to 255 characters (implementation-dependent) ⓘ
appliesTo ISO 9660 ⓘ
backwardsCompatibleWith ISO 9660 level 1 ⓘ
linked to: ISO 9660

ISO 9660 level 2 ⓘ
linked to: ISO 9660
category optical disc file system extension ⓘ
compatibleWith standard ISO 9660 readers ⓘ
designedFor CD-ROM file systems ⓘ
enables preservation of UNIX directory permissions on CD-ROM ⓘ
preservation of file ownership (UID/GID) on CD-ROM ⓘ
representation of special device files on ISO 9660 volumes ⓘ
use of symbolic links on ISO 9660 volumes ⓘ
encodesInformationUsing System Use Sharing Protocol ⓘ
extends ISO 9660 directory structure ⓘ
ISO 9660 file attributes ⓘ
ISO 9660 file naming ⓘ
fullName Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol ⓘ
introducedToAddress limitations of ISO 9660 for UNIX/POSIX systems ⓘ
metadataLocation per-directory record system use fields ⓘ
per-file record system use fields ⓘ
purpose to overcome ISO 9660 filename limitations ⓘ
to preserve POSIX semantics on ISO 9660 media ⓘ
to support deeper directory trees than plain ISO 9660 ⓘ
relatedStandard ISO 9660 ⓘ
Joliet ⓘ
linked to: Joliet, Illinois
standardizedAs IEEE P1281 ⓘ
storesMetadataIn System Use Area ⓘ
supportsEnvironment POSIX ⓘ
UNIX ⓘ
linked to: Unix
supportsFeature POSIX file attributes ⓘ
UNIX-style file permissions ⓘ
deep directory hierarchies ⓘ
device files ⓘ
file mode bits ⓘ
file ownership information ⓘ
file timestamps ⓘ
long filenames ⓘ
symbolic links ⓘ
usedFor creating UNIX-friendly CD-ROM images ⓘ
software distribution on CD-ROM for UNIX systems ⓘ
usedOn BSD operating systems ⓘ
Linux ⓘ
Solaris ⓘ
UNIX-like operating systems ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISO 9660 → extension → Rock Ridge ⓘ
ISO 9660 → extendedBy → Rock Ridge ⓘ
IEEE P1281 → standardizes → Rock Ridge extensions ⓘ
linked to: Rock Ridge
ISO (disc image file format) → canIncludeFileSystem → Rock Ridge ⓘ
subject linked to: ISO
FryingPan → fileSystemSupport → Rock Ridge ⓘ
subject linked to: FryingPan (disc burning)