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A device file system or special file system allows software to interact with the device driver using standard input/output system calls, which simplifies many tasks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fileDevices as Files. In UNIX, almost everything can be treated as a file. UNIX user applications access devices as if the devices were files. Files that represent devices are called ... http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5789/fgomr?a=viewA device file or special file is an interface for a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. This allows software to interact with the device ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_fileApplications can access peripheral devices through file system functions, such as CreateFile. The file I/O operations are redirected to the stream interface. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa930218.aspx01201 { 01202 xGetKeyboardMappingReply rep; 01203 REQUEST(xGetKeyboardMappingReq); 01204 KeySymsPtr curKeySyms = & inputInfo. keyboard-> key-> curKeySyms; 01205 01206 ... http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~cjblazek/d3/d6/devices_8c.html |
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