how many types of file in unix?
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Answer / sahoo.sasmita
total 7 files are there.
1. Regular file:(-):contains data in either text format or
binary format
2. Directory file:(d):contains entries of files
3. FIFO file:(f):2 communicate betn 2 processes running on
same system
4. Block special file:(b):name given 2 special blocks of
hard disk
5. Sybolic file:(l):its a link or pointer to already
existing file
6. Socket file:(s):2 communicate betn 2 processes running on
different system in a network
7. Character special file:(c):handles only characted
formatted data
eg.stdin, stdout, stderr
Is This Answer Correct ? | 50 Yes | 9 No |
Answer / bhanu
1) Ordinary file
2) Directory File
3) Device file
Is This Answer Correct ? | 11 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / visakh
b - block special file (/devices/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:c)
c - character special file (/dev/fd/0)
d - directory (/)
D - door (/var/run/name_service_door)
p - plain file (/etc/cron.d/FIFO)
l - link (/proc/449/path/4)
s - symbolic link (/var/run/.inetd.uds)
f - fifo (/export/home/xtreme4/.bash_history)
Is This Answer Correct ? | 11 Yes | 7 No |
Answer / visakh
" Sorry about the previous post "
- - plain file
b - block special file (/devices/isa/fdc@1,3f0/fd@0,0:c)
c - character special file (/dev/fd/0)
d - directory (/)
D - door (/var/run/name_service_door)
p - pipe (/etc/cron.d/FIFO)
l - link (/proc/449/path/4)
s - socket file (/var/run/.inetd.uds)
f - fifo (/export/home/xtreme4/.bash_history)
Is This Answer Correct ? | 9 Yes | 5 No |
7 types as mentioned earlier..
to see it just do this.
$file FileName
or
$file *
this will tell u the types of file in current directory
Is This Answer Correct ? | 12 Yes | 8 No |
Answer / shimpi goyal
Six types are there :
1) regular file ( binary or data )
2) directory
3) executable file
4) symbolic link
5) Device file
6) Named pipe
Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / manish
1. Regular file:(-):contains data in either text format or
binary format
2. Directory file:(d):contains entries of files
3. FIFO file:(f):2 communicate betn 2 processes running on
same system
4. Block special file:(b):name given 2 special blocks of
hard disk
5. Sybolic file:(l):its a link or pointer to already
existing file
6. Socket file:(s):2 communicate betn 2 processes running on
different system in a network
7. Character special file:(c):handles only characted
formatted data
eg.stdin, stdout, stderr
Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / rajesh
Which one is the correct Answer in the above
posted ????????
Is This Answer Correct ? | 5 Yes | 4 No |
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