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The "Everything is a file in Unix" principle really hasn't been true since 1983 when Berkeley sockets were introduced. Network interfaces are neither files nor
by usr1106 9y ago
The "Everything is a file in Unix" principle really hasn't been true since 1983 when Berkeley sockets were introduced. Network interfaces are neither files nor sockets. There are plenty of Linux concepts, which are yet something else.
Just as a side node to your ioctl criticism, I don't say ioctls are great.