

file descriptor             Definition            file descriptor




A file descriptor is an integer  between 1 and 20 that indexes an
area in the operating system's list of internal file descriptors.
It is used  by routines like open, close, and  lseek to work with
files.  A file descriptor is _n_o_t the same as a FFIILLEE stream, which
is used by routines like fopen, fclose, or fread.

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