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NOTE 8
Such description recorded on a volume shall supersede the description recorded on any volume of the Volume Set
having a lower assigned Volume Set size.
The Logical Block size shall be the same for all volumes of a Volume Set.
6.7 Volume
Descriptors
A Volume Descriptor shall be one of the following types:
- Primary Volume Descriptor
- Supplementary Volume Descriptor
- Volume Partition Descriptor
- Boot Record
- Volume Descriptor Set Terminator
6.7.1
Volume Descriptor Set
A Volume Descriptor Set shall be a sequence of volume descriptors recorded in consecutively numbered Logical
Sectors starting with the Logical Sector Number 16. Each successive Volume Descriptor shall be recorded in the
Logical Sector with the next higher Logical Sector Number than that of the Logical Sector in which the previous
Volume Descriptor is recorded. The sequence shall consist of two or more volume descriptors consecutively
recorded as follows.
6.7.1.1
The sequence shall contain one Primary Volume Descriptor (see 8.4) recorded at least once.
The Primary Volume Descriptor shall describe the Volume Space, and identify the attributes of the volume,
the locations of a Root Directory and of a group of Path Tables, and the number of volumes in the Volume
Set.
6.7.1.2
The sequence may contain zero or more Supplementary Volume Descriptors (see 8.5) each recorded at least
once.
A Supplementary Volume Descriptor shall describe the Volume Space, and identify the attributes of the
volume, the locations of a Root Directory and a group of Path Tables, and the number of volumes in the
Volume Set. It shall also identify the coded graphic character sets used within selected fields of this
descriptor, and of the fields in associated File Descriptors, Directory Descriptors and Path Tables.
6.7.1.3
The sequence may contain zero or more Volume Partition Descriptors (see 8.6).
A Volume Partition Descriptor shall identify a Volume Partition within the Volume Space, its position and
size, and its attributes.
6.7.1.4
The sequence may contain zero or more Boot Records (see 8.2).
A Boot Record shall contain information which may be used to achieve a specific state in a receiving system
or an application program.
6.7.1.5
The sequence shall be terminated by the recording of one or more Volume Descriptor Set Terminators (see
8.3).
6.8 Directory
structure
6.8.1 Directory
A directory shall be recorded as a file containing a set of records each of which identifies a File Section or
another directory. A directory shall not be recorded as an Associated file, shall not be recorded in interleaved
mode and shall consist of only one File Section.
The identification of a file shall be different from the identification of any other file, unless the file is an
Associated File (see 6.5.3), or of any directory identified in the same directory. The identification of a directory
shall be different from the identification of any file or of any other directory identified in the same directory.
The first Logical Block of the Extent in which a directory is recorded shall have a Logical Block Number which
is the lowest Logical Block Number in the Logical Sector that contains that Logical Block.
6.8.1.1 Directory
Record
A Directory Record shall contain: