how many types of file in unix?

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / megha more.

There are 4 types files in unix.
1. Regular files.
2. Directory files.
3. Device files.
4. Pipe files.

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / badri prasad gupta

Unix create two types of file
1)block special file
2)character special file

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / tanweer

There are two types of files in unix..
1) Physical file : The data which available in the drives.
Ex:- like windows c:// drive etc.
2) Logical file : It is a normal file which is access the
physical file system and external medias by the concept of
mounting.

Hope you all got the right answer ...

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Answer / abhijit kulkarni

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / narendra simha talluri

Hi Sahoo ,
Thanks a lot , beautiful answer, could you please give some examples for each
and every file .

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / bennette

There r 5 file types....
1)Regular
2)Directory
3)exe (executable) file
4)Symbolic Link
5)Device Special file
6)Named pipe

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / nissikant

really i am confuse by getting such type of various answer.
the correct answer is the type of files in UNIX are
different based on the question.

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / neo

Two kinds of Special files in UNIx
1.Character Special files
2.Block Special files

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / nisikant

what ever you see the directory structure in unix is nothing
but the file system. because unix operating system mostly
based on file systems.

In Unix OS you will get various type of file system like
reguler file
directory file
character special file
block special file
linking file
simaphore type etc....

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how many types of file in unix?..

Answer / vikram

all have given different answers. but wats the right one
for this????

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