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File Structure

Unix has a structured file system that contains three kinds of files:

 
 directories    		 which store the names of other files including other directories;

ordinary files which store text, source programs, and object code; and

special files which correspond to peripheral devices and a UNIX construction called

named pipes which we will not treat in this Guide.

symbolic links strictly this is not a file but rather an additional directory

entry for an existing file.





Alan Silverman
Wed Apr 12 16:54:02 METDST 1995