In LINUX , everything is considered as a file .Please explain.
A:
I guess you mean file system entry. It means that folders, links, files... are all file entries as far as the fs is concerned
vc 74
2010-09-16 11:11:56
Speak for yourself. I was made a *folder!*
Pekka
2010-09-16 11:45:51
A:
In *NIX file system, everything is considered as file in a way that what you consider DRIVE in windows is ( in *nix) a file that has links to contents of the drive.
Any process, command , softlink, hardlink ,etc. is treated as file and a specific "inode number" is assigned to them .
To go off question: inode numbers have some limit( but very large !) , your system might not work if you run short on them.
Ayush Goyal
2010-09-16 11:43:23