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diff --git a/unix/file_descriptor.mdwn b/unix/file_descriptor.mdwn index 6f8533c5..b40db67f 100644 --- a/unix/file_descriptor.mdwn +++ b/unix/file_descriptor.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] A *file descriptor* is a [[concept]] of [[UNIX]], and represents a non-[[persistent|persistency]] handle to an object (a file, for example). With respect to specific aspects, it is comparable to a [[capability]]. +This is detailed in {{$capability#wikipedia_capability-based_security}}. In a GNU Hurd system, the concept of file descriptors is based on object handles (through [[Mach ports|microkernel/mach/port]]), and is [[implemented in |