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2006-04-26T10:01:43-07:00Stephen Chappellhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/2608421/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/492211-dal_3py/
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Python
recipe 492211
by <a href="/recipes/users/2608421/">Stephen Chappell</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/files/">files</a>).
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<p>Disk Abstraction Layer 3 provides a more
useful framework for secondary memory and
provides an abstract interface for
implementing a generic file system. It
renumbers the blocks on the hard drive to
start at block 1 so that block 0 can be
considered a NULL reference. At a lower
level, block 0 would be seen to be where
the OS can keep a seed for its random
number generator (interface provided).</p>