On Sunday 07 Dec 2003 7:49 am, RickS wrote:
> "ls" output of /dev
>
> crw-r-----    1 root     root       1,   1 Dec 31  1969 mem
>
> I know " d " means directory and " l " is sym link but
> What does the " c " mean .... core something ???
>
> RickS

From http://www.lydgate.org.uk/linux/HowDoI.html

<quote>
 Character mode files: these files are either special system files 
(such as /dev/null, which we already discussed), or peripherals 
(serial or parallel ports), which share the particularity that their 
contents (if they have any) are not buffered (meaning they are not 
kept in memory). Such files are identified by the letter c.
</quote>

You'll find other types there too.

Anne
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