From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-10-20T07:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Non-directory, non-file "files"

gwtmp01@mac.com wrote:
> 
> On Oct 19, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Gavin Kistner wrote:
> 
>> If they're not directories, and they're not files, then what the heck
>> are they?
> 
> symbolic links?

Named Pipes
Char Devices
Block Devices
Sockets (Unix, TCP)
Soft Links
Virtual Devices (is this the proper name? I mean Linux's /proc, probably 
just char dev with a special driver)

I cannot think of more off the top of my head but there are probably.

Depends on the OS of course (I could not see the original post via news, 
Gateway issues again?)

	robert