How to access one file on a system with two operating systems, windows and linux

[Agathamudi M]

Hi,
Can I have two os unix/linux and window in one system and can both access the same file ex: abc

[Mariostg]

To *nix, Windows is just another partition that you can mount and access. I don't know if it works the other way around.
There are utilities like Putty and WinScp that allows you to access a remote linux machine from Window.

[Nepomuk]

Most modern Linux distributions use ext2/3 filesystems for their partitions. You can download drivers for Windows here or here - both support both ext2 and ext3. (Though I think the second one is better, if you're using ext3.)

If however your Linux/Unix system is using something else (e.g. ext4, reiserFS, ...) you'll have to search - last time I checked, there were no fully functional drivers for ext4 available (though this is just a matter of time).

To check, what filesystem(s) you are using, enter the command

mount

in a *nix console and it will tell you, which partitions are mounted with which filesystem.

Greetings,
Nepomuk