Notes on i-nodes, File Descriptors, and Sockets
I’ve always found the best way to learn something is to try and write it down. This post is the result of that process, a collection of my personal notes (zettelkasten) aimed at connecting the dots between three fundamental concepts in Linux: inodes, file descriptors, and sockets. So, this post is just a cleaned-up version of my personal notes, explaining how inodes (representing files on disk), file descriptors (used by programs), and sockets (for network communication) all fit together....