Timeline for What is the referent of a file descriptor?
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| Jul 25, 2011 at 3:56 | vote | accept | Kevin Reid | ||
| Apr 15, 2011 at 22:08 | comment | added | camh | @Random832: The file descriptor table is separate to the file table. I was specifically referring to the file table, hence called it a "file table entry". But I guess the question could be read either way. | |
| Apr 15, 2011 at 21:09 | comment | added | Random832 | I think that on some operating systems "open file" is a specific term that can also include mappings. There's also the fact that, IIRC, "duplicating" a file descriptor doesn't duplicate some things, like the position, so really all you can reasonably call it is "file descriptor table entry" | |
| Apr 15, 2011 at 12:27 | history | edited | camh | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 190 characters in body |
| Apr 15, 2011 at 12:17 | history | answered | camh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |