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The elusive goal of Unix – or Linux – is simplicity (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/opensource@programming.dev

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[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is a link to a file... A file?

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes.

Symbolic links are files that act as pointers to other files.
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A hardlink is the original file.

[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification ! I guess everything is a file in Linux ?

[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Used to be. But then systemD attacked...

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What in systemd is not a file?

[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Of course it's all stored in the filesystem, so there isn't anything that isn't technically a file.

But, for instance, while as before you'd have a simple log file you could access directly, now you have a binary blob that is inaccessible without systemD itself.

The are other numerous better exceptions that are better examples than systemD. DBus, for instance. InfernoOS is an interesting example of taking the "everything is a file" to heart.