> > And I was thinking, since a socket is a socket (just a file descriptor)
> NO - a socket is not a file descriptor,
> something like a communication end/handshake point
> read more
> http://orkinos.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/netlab/courses/cmpe476/netprog/SocketsFAQ.txt
>

Sure they are file descriptors, after all everything in UNIX is a file.  They
maybe special, but the kernel will still allocate a file descriptor for a
socket.  Section I.4 of the above link even says so.

Hans
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