Database Applications and File Systems

Unified file formats

Automatic management of data

Explicit statement of integrity constraints

Difficulty in accessing data (correct)

Constraints are explicitly stated in file systems

Constraints are buried in program code in file systems (correct)

File systems automatically update constraints

File systems use unified file formats

Using a unified task management system

Reusing existing programs for new tasks

Writing a new program for each new task (correct)

Automatic task execution in file systems