In case you are wondering why directories and files are treated as
files, they are not the only things. Everything in Linux is a file.
A normal file.A directory. A link. Swap. Sockets. Everything. That is
why it is called a "file descriptor" in socket programming, it is the
describing the socket connection in terms of a file.
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On 03-Sep-98 Bryan Scaringe wrote:
> must be used in this case.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Bryan Scaringe
>
>
> * This is an oversimplification.
> I suggest you do a search on "i-node" for a more detailed
> discription.
> "i-node" is a GOOD term to familiarize your self with.
>
> ** they also contain some administrative stuff, but for our
> purposes,
> we can safely ignore it.
>
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