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  • executing in the same Unix or Unix-like operating system. The name, Unix domain socket, refers to the domain argument value AF_UNIX that is passed to the...
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    stat() is a Unix system call that queries the file system for metadata about a file (including special files such as directories). The metadata contains...
    16 KB (983 words) - 10:42, 12 May 2025
  • software interface for Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems that lets non-privileged users create their own file systems without editing kernel...
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    among different vendors of Unix systems. In 1999, it was chosen as the standard binary file format for Unix and Unix-like systems on x86 processors by the...
    38 KB (2,185 words) - 08:53, 27 May 2025
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    command interpreter and command programming language developed for UNIX-like operating systems. Created in 1989 by Brian Fox for the GNU Project, it is supported...
    116 KB (9,488 words) - 09:15, 27 May 2025
  • at Bell Labs for an IBM System/370 computer running OS/360 MVT. He rewrote SCCS in the C programming language for use under UNIX, then running on a PDP-11...
    18 KB (1,946 words) - 15:45, 28 March 2025
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    clone of SGI's fsn file manager for IRIX systems, aimed to run on modern Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. While not officially deprecated, the...
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  • Darwin is the core Unix-like operating system of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, audioOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent...
    46 KB (2,765 words) - 02:29, 22 May 2025
  • interrupted transfers, directory listings, and remote file removal. There is also support for all UNIX file types, including symbolic links. SFTP attempts to...
    14 KB (1,534 words) - 18:07, 11 May 2025
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    It is based on the experience of leading developers of the Unix operating system. Early Unix developers were important in bringing the concepts of modularity...
    18 KB (2,178 words) - 09:47, 23 May 2025
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    object file. For other types of files, it selects strings from the whole file. The command is available in Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like systems. It...
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    Redirection (computing) (category Unix software)
    introduction of UNIX OS with its "pipes", redirection in operating systems was hard or even impossible to do. In Unix-like operating systems, programs do...
    13 KB (1,499 words) - 20:32, 25 April 2024
  • File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default file system for the MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating...
    111 KB (8,920 words) - 09:43, 27 May 2025
  • Unix security refers to the means of securing a Unix or Unix-like operating system. A core security feature in these systems is the file system permissions...
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  • UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between...
    31 KB (4,277 words) - 13:55, 3 April 2025
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    J. (1986), The Design of the UNIX Operating System, Prentice Hall, pp. 15–16. Elliot, John (2011). "Discussion of system call implementation at ProgClub...
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  • In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself...
    16 KB (2,133 words) - 12:57, 17 May 2025
  • A Unix architecture is a computer operating system system architecture that embodies the Unix philosophy. It may adhere to standards such as the Single...
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    Kernel panic (category Operating system kernels)
    The term is largely specific to Unix and Unix-like systems. The equivalent on Microsoft Windows operating systems is a stop error, often called a "blue...
    16 KB (1,651 words) - 06:44, 28 March 2025
  • MAC times (category Computer file systems)
    S2CID 247735761. "Windows NT Contains File System Tunneling Capabilities". Microsoft Support. Discussion about Windows and Unix timestamps (Cygwin project mailing...
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