The files
/dev/fd/0
through
/dev/fd/#
refer to file descriptors which can be accessed through the file
system.
If the file descriptor is open and the mode the file is being opened
with is a subset of the mode of the existing descriptor, the call:
fd = open("/dev/fd/0", mode);
and the call:
fd = fcntl(0, F_DUPFD, 0);
are equivalent.
Opening the files
/dev/stdin
/dev/stdout
and
/dev/stderr
is equivalent to the following calls:
Flags to the
open(2)
call other than
O_RDONLYO_WRONLY
and
O_RDWR
are ignored.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
By default,
/dev/fd
is provided by
devfs(5),
which provides nodes for the first three file descriptors.
Some sites may require nodes for additional file descriptors; these can be
made available by mounting
fdescfs(5)
on
/dev/fd