On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 18:25:02 +0000
Al Viro <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unfortunately, the terms are clumsy as hell - POSIX ends up with
> "file descriptor" (for numbers) vs. "file description" (for IO
> channels), which is hard to distinguish when reading and just
> as hard to distinguish when listening. "Opened file" (as IO
> channel) vs. "file on disc" (as collection of data that might
> be accessed via said channels) distinction on top of that also
> doesn't help, to put it mildly. It's many decades too late to
> do anything about, unfortunately. Pity the UNIX 101 students... ;-/
Just so I understand this correctly.
"file descriptor" - is just what maps to a specific inode.
"file description" - is how the file is accessed (position in the file and
flags associated to how it was opened)
Did I get that correct?
-- Steve
