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File descriptors and file descriptions are not the same thing. Descriptors are references to descriptions, along with some metadata, and multiple descriptors ca

• layer8 2y ago
  > multiple descriptors can point to the same descriptor. You mean to the same description? And is this the same as what is referred to as “open file description” in the open(2) man page, or are there also other “file descriptions”?
  • 4lDO2 2y ago
    Yes, and yes.