files

[merwa]

Hi,
What's the diff between character spl file and block spl file? How do we list them? rather how do we know them whether they r char or block files.Ur ans is appreciated

 

[biker1]

merwa -

When a character special file is used for device I/O, data is transferred one character at a time. When a block special file is used for device I/O, data is transferred in large fixed-size blocks.

You should be able to use the "file" command to determine if the file is a character special, or a block special:

#file <filename>

Hope this helps!


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